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I tried 6k briefly first time out with the G9 last week, but the main issues were (aside from the aforementioned extracting-the-favourite-still) was that one still has to get the bird in the frame and the camera still has to nail the focus. Regarding the former, I think I still have a lot of practice to do, and regarding the latter I still have dozens of settings to experiment with. I'm thinking of trying back button focus, as the shutter button on the G9 is so sensitive that I think it's taking shots before the focus is there.
I've also found (so far) that, as Steve said, burst and pre-burst were better options, but the downside is one comes home with so many frames to sort through it's a pretty daunting affair, and (for me at least) post-processing, especially sorting through hundreds of photos, isn't an enjoyable part of photography - probably because I have old software and I have to convert the files to DNG before I can import them into Lightroom, and I'm forever having to delete stuff as my hard-drive is so full. Having two versions (RAW and DNG) of hundreds of photos is not good. One day I shall get a new PC and a newer version of LR. One day...
Anyway, last time out I went with just a small set of custom focus points and stuck with the slower burst mode. I will probably try a single point of focus next time, then the face-recognition, then back-button focus with each of those focus settings... So many options to try and work through and experiment with...
I've also found, disappointingly, that the G9 has exactly the same issue the G80 has, which is when focussing on a bird in the sky, often the bird simply vanishes from the EVF (I believe as the camera hunts for focus it will randomly focus on the sky, i.e. infinity, and thus the bird disappears). I'd read about this in a few reviews, but I'd also read other reviews and seen YT videos where folks say it doesn't happen. I might eventually stumble upon a setting where it solves the issue, but it was one of the things I was looking forward to moving beyond with the newer camera.
On the last point, expand the focus area, if the bird stays in the focus area, it is less likely to go right out of focus and lose the bird.
But a grey seagull against a grey sky is going to be hard at any time
I've got used to the light shutter button now and quite like it. On Canon I only used back button focus, but not so much on the G9.