I recently bought S5 IS (a month ago).. so far so good.. it has a lot of features and in most of the reviews i read this is one of the best super zoom camera in the market... but it doesnt have RAW shooting mode.. (but you can try
CHDK to get some additional feautures) I guess apart from the RAW mode there is not much difference between S5 and G9 (Pros' correct me if im wrong) G9 is 12.1 Megapixels with 6x optical zoom S5 is 8 Megapixels with 12x optical zoom... S5 has a Swivel type LCD display which i liked the most.. I think G9 is bit costlier than S5..so its up to you to decide which one to opt for..