Does anyone have a g9 without dead/hot pixels?

[jake-g]

I bought a canon g9 for my wife for her birthday. So far, I have gotten 2 from Best Buy with dead and hot pixels. Is canon's build quality really this bad? I have never had a problem like this with my d300 or d70.

The pixels are bad enough that you can see them in the live view off the lcd.

Im getting really frustrated because I talked her into this camera.

Should I try for a third, or pick out another camera.

Jake

[Maui]

My G9 is great -- no issues.

[kcdude]

No complaints here....try another, great P&S

[eddx]

I know three Canon G9 owners, one who is a pro (obviously not his main camera) - none of my friends have had any issues, certainly no dead pixels or having to returns. Your local store must have got an early / bad batch.

God playing with the G9 almost makes me want to rush out and buy one despite the lack of funds and Canon name! :D

[gMac]

No problems with mine.

[MindBrain]

My brother got a G9 and Ive been playing around with it, really sweet camera, thinking I want to get one for myself to replace my 2001 Olympus Camedia C-2040 2.1mp camera, hahah, that thing felt like a dinosaur after I tried the G9.

But I was wondering if it has a blackboard/whiteboard mode like my Olympus has? I found the setting to change color modes and get black and white, but couldn't find "blackboard/whiteboard" does it have it? Sweet camera anyway.

[John.B]

I almost bought one tonight but I kept thinking about this thread and some reviews I've read online. What is the easist way at a store to check this? I'm pretty much going to need to take a picture and download it to my MacBook to be certain, correct?

[disdat]

Maybe you should try another store.

Best Buy and Circuit City don't have the most pristine of reputations. Could be they are selling a batch of bad cameras, with flaws that most people wouldn't notice.

[jake-g]

I got my third yesterday. I think I got a good one finally. Its frustrating to go through such a hassle and I wouldn't have if any other p&s was as nice, but the g9 really seems to blow all the other cameras in this size away.

I would recommend the g 9 to anyone thinking about buying one for sure, just make sure to test it thouroughly.