Canon G9 X for Landscape Photography

Is the Canon G9 X good for Landscape Photography?

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Canon G9 X Landscape Photography Score

POOR

Canon G9 X has a score of 39 for Landscape Photography which makes it a POOR candidate for this type of photography. If Landscape Photography is important for you, we strongly recommend you to consider the Alternative cameras listed at the bottom of this page.
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Canon G9 X Landscape Photography Detailed Analysis

Manual Exposure Mode

A correct exposure of a landscape shot is very important. Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Manual exposure mode in these conditions helps a lot in order to achieve correct exposure.

Manual Focus Mode

With the manual focus mode, you can make fine adjustments to have the perfect focus.

28 mm - Good Wide Angle Coverage

Even though there are very good examples of landscapes photos taken with tele lenses, most of the landscape photos are taken with wide angle lenses.

RAW shooting capability

RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.

Very High Resolution Sensor: 20.0MP

Canon G9 X's 20.0MP sensor is perfect for landscape photography. It will capture a lot of fine details and let you print them larger.

Average sized 1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm) sensor

Canon G9 X's 1″ (13.2 x 8.8 mm) sensor size doesn't provide image quality of larger sensors but it is still much better then compacts with typical small sensors.

No Environmental Sealings

Landscape photographs are taken outdoors and you should be prepared for all kind of weather conditions.

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Canon G9 X Alternatives in Compact cameras for Landscape Photography

Panasonic ZS70 Compare G9 X vs ZS70	20 MP \| 1/2.3" BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-720 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #241 Rank in Compact Cameras: #4
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 92 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic ZS80 Compare G9 X vs ZS80	20 MP \| 1/2.3 BSI-CMOS Sensor 24-720 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #226 Rank in Compact Cameras: #5
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 92 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G9 X II Compare G9 X vs G9 X II	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 28-84 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #309 Rank in Compact Cameras: #19
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 96 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic ZS40 Compare G9 X vs ZS40	18 MP \| 1/2.3" CMOS Sensor 24-720 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #382 Rank in Compact Cameras: #31
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 94 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Canon G9 X Compare G9 X vs G9 X	20 MP \| 1" BSI-CMOS Sensor 28-84 mm Lens	Rank in All Cameras: #240 Rank in Compact Cameras: #3
	Imaging Features Value for Money Portability 96 Overall Score	Portrait Street Sports Daily Landscape

Panasonic ZS70

Panasonic ZS80

Canon G9 X II

Panasonic ZS40

Canon G9 X