Unambitious lens; Limited physical controls; No 4K-video recording

Compact cameras as they were once known are dead and buried. Now if you go looking for a dedicated camera - one that's not on your smartphone, anyway - it'll come with a larger-scale sensor and more features to help it stand out.

Pocketable design; decent image quality from 1-inch sensor; touschreen controls; works well enough in variety of lighting conditions

No tilt-angle screen feels restrictive; limited zoom range; limited maximum aperture at full zoom; the G7 X II is a more logical proposition

So I asked for this camera for Christmas instead of a new Iphone, mainly as a pocketable walkabout and for family snaps. After I read the DPReview review, I was apprehensive. The lens in that review certainly appeared soft, in contrast to other reviews by Imaging Resource and Cameralabs.

Compact lightweight camera. Relatively easy to use but the menus and option selections are many and difficult to navigate. When card is full it does not state that, it just simply won't work (IE won't take pictures).

I was looking for a camera that I could carry all the time, but would be better quality than my phone. I tried various others, decided a one inch sensor was minimum, and the Canon G9X is the smallest body with this sensor size.

Great Picture Quality; Lightweight

A strong recommendation for this Compact Camera and I was pleased to find it available from John Lewis. This 20 mpx camera copes easily with my requirements (like wanting to manually alter shutter speeds and aperture settings) and its compactness means it'll fit into almost any available pocket.

After much research, I bought this camera to use on an Alaska cruise. It is lightweight, easy to use in Auto mode and takes high-quality photos with a nice zoom lens. But the touchscreen menu is insanely complicated if you go off "Auto" mode and the booklet that comes with it is of minimal help; a...

We've come to expect 1-inch sensors in premium cameras. The sensor size, about four times the surface area compared with a standard point-and-shoot and six times the size of an iPhone sensor, delivers images with a clear advantage over phone snaps, especially in dim light. The Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II ($529.99) is one of the smallest cameras available with a 1-inch sensor. It delivers excellent images, and features a big touch LCD that will appeal to photographers used to using a smartphone, but the lens is rather short, and dim at the telephoto end. It's a solid option, but our Editors' Choice in the premium price range remains the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 III, which features a brighter lens and EVF. Design The G9 X Mark II ($449.99 at Amazon) is a small, pocket-friendly camera. It measures 2.3 by 3.9 by 1.2 inches (HWD) and weighs just 7.3 ounces. Compare that with the RX100 III, which is just a bit larger, at 2.3 by 4.0 by 1.6 inches, and heavier, at 10.2 ounces. Canon sel...

The Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II camera is more responsive than its predecessor, and squeezes a big 1-inch sensor into a compact frame.

Crisp lens; 1-inch image sensor; 8.1fps image capture; Touch LCD; Built-in ND filter; In-camera art filters; Wi-Fi; Quite compact

Pricey; Short zoom; Narrow aperture when zoomed; No 60fps video option

Slimline, pocketable design; Good image quality from 1-inch sensor; Well-implemented touchscreen; Excellent in-camera JPEG processing;

Unambitious lens; Limited physical controls; No 4K video recording;

The PowerShot G9 X Mark II is the second generation of Canon's entry-level 1"-sensor compact camera, and the company has made some nice improvements over the original mode. Burst shooting and buffer size are much better, the UI is a bit snappier and battery life has improved a bit.