You’ll likely need to step up to the DSLRs to find a better camera than these two. So it’s likely you’ll have to spend $100 more to find such camera.
John~~ on
August 7th, 2008
In my opinion, the powershot G9 has always been the best in compact cameras. Although they have similar specs such as the same megapixels, the G9 enables raw shooting and more manual controls.
These are the biggest differences between these so similar cameras:
G9: has external flash hot-shoe, bigger and better resolution LCD, uses LiIon battery, can shoot in RAW.
A650: external flash cannot be used, LCD is smaller and lower res but can tilt and twist, runs on 4 AA batteries, cannot shoot in uncompressed format (but unofficial firmware - CHDK allows RAW).
You’ll likely need to step up to the DSLRs to find a better camera than these two. So it’s likely you’ll have to spend $100 more to find such camera.
In my opinion, the powershot G9 has always been the best in compact cameras. Although they have similar specs such as the same megapixels, the G9 enables raw shooting and more manual controls.
here are the reviews: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canonG9/
http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-cameras/canon-powershot-a650-is/4505-6501_7-32591553.html
These are the biggest differences between these so similar cameras:
G9: has external flash hot-shoe, bigger and better resolution LCD, uses LiIon battery, can shoot in RAW.
A650: external flash cannot be used, LCD is smaller and lower res but can tilt and twist, runs on 4 AA batteries, cannot shoot in uncompressed format (but unofficial firmware - CHDK allows RAW).