its ok.... g6 is only 4x optical.... which is why im not considering it....im looking at a sony f828 ...similar to g6 (i think) starts from f2.0 and with a much longer xoom.... after using S1...im kinda spoilt with super zoom prosumer cam...lol....f828....is something close to wat i want.... i wanna try something with ext flash...no slave flash....hope this helps to clear ur doubt
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i think its how you take the pics that shows the noise, there will always be noise due to product inherent flaws, its prosumer, not DSLR... anyway are you going to view the pics at 8mp (25xx x 19xx ... i think) with a screen capable of 1:1? normally when we view its most likely crop about 30% - 50%, noise unnoticable, printouts on 5R or even A4 also not noticable...