I still use my 9500 - it's light and easy to use. The only problem I find with it is fairly high levels of noise, especially in low light conditions. It seems to be a bit of a general crit for this camera. In bright clear conditions, as in your shot, it works fine - I've taken some pretty good shots with it actually. If I get a noisy shot from it I use Neat Image noise reduction software to clean it up. Best way to check for noise is to put file into Photoshop and blow a clear area (sky) up to 100%. If you see lots of blotchy pixels then its probably too noisy.

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