Circus City has Canon G9 for $439

[pRICE cUBE]

I suspect the price drop is due to it being replaced soon. Regardless of that, it is a good camera to own. The next version may add some niceties but at this point in time, it is diminishing returns to wait. Also they will probably up the megapixel and that will make for worse image quality. It's a shame that all these camera companies are in the mp race and not the image quality race.