You're tough guys! ISO3200 is nothing short of amazing noise wise (but DR is really compromised, pay attention to you histogram). Look at this example: nice tight grain, excellent colour.

http://masters.galleries.dpreview.com.s3.amazonaws.com/2671445.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=14Y3MT0G2J4Y72K3ZXR2&Expires=1377605018&Signature=Hdx%2b6xoF6K4fQz3ai3I7eyYsaI4%3d

I think Canon gained half a stop of low light goodness thanks to the new combination sensor/processor.
I'm just disappointed that they didn't go as wide as 24mm, and to see purple fringing less well handled than in my S110. A lot of it around bright spots. :(
I'd still chose G16 over LX7 because of thickness, and color management in JPEGS. Yes JPEGS, we still need them for family shots. :)

still nothing to even compete with sony RX100?

I'd still choose RX100 over this. or is RX100 too compact? more resolutions? not apple-to-apple comparison? ok, fine... I'll pick LX7 then...

What really should be done here is side-by-side images of G15 AND G16.

Then run a contest: Spot the picture taken by the real G16!

Pixel zombies will have a heyday.

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What's up with the lens in your sample? It looks decentered or misaligned if you ask me. The upper right in most shots is very telling. Not impressed.

I don't know if those shots were taken in auto mode, but if they were, it's quite competent at exposure control, and the color balance very good. The skin color was, not analizing much, close to perfect, looking quite natural. It's the G just getting better and better, but I guess I would still get the LX7. Inferior, but for me buying a camera with a such small sensor, it has to come with a heck of a bright German lens, just for me to admire it and boast about it (may sound silly, I know). Other than that, I don't see an appeal in it, and I would rather go for a 1-inch sensor or larger.

In the film era, there were the 110 film format, and it was already considered small and DOF limiting enough, and nowadays we have this strong culture on a sensor FIVE TIMES SMALLER!

I haven't looked at a compact in a while and I'm actually quite amazed at the clean ISO 1600 image (IMG_0485). Would not have imaged such clean images from a compact a few years ago.

But the problem is that the sensor is still tiny, and the DOF will still be an issue.

Looks like Canon has a new approach to noise reduction. They seem to be letting more grain show through rather than try to obliterate it at high ISOs. I think it looks much better this way. Of course people will complain about the noise now. Nikon N1 cameras and the LX7 are similar at handling the noise. Much better than looking at a smeary water color mess.

Hard to justify it in the days of RX 100.

I suspect Canon improved the IQ, but of course I wish to check the reviews.

Since I own the G15 I'm not sure I will buy the G16. But I'm open to it! Just want to see comments from owners who have had it for awhile, and also some professional reviews, i.e. dpreview.

One thing though I would like to see is a 24mm lens like the S110/120 has. Would that make the camera that much bigger?

It seems to me that hight iso shots are at least as good as those from the previous G15 (already very good and with excelent color rendition).. I also guess that if you use raw than you can expect to maximize dynamic range as you can do with the previous model.

Being faster is good, but not enough reason, at least for me, for upgrading from the previous G that I own, and currently use as my "allways with me" camera.

I would like to see an abatible or foldable lcd screen in the next model as some improvement in the viewfinder, especially increasing its percentage of view.

All in all, I have to say that G cameras are still very good cameras, with excellent ergonomics, bright lens, good AF and what is more important nice results, don't fool yourself with the not good comments from some people here and give it a try, I guess you could be surprised as I was after purchasing mine.

Wow, boring.

I am quite satisfied with my G12 as a "carry anywhere" camera and has taken many reasonable, memorable shots during my travel. Like the G16, my only handicap is its lack of a 24mm field of view.

I wonder how much better is the G16 over the Lumix LX7 in terms of image quality?

It would be interesting if you were able to take the G15 out at the same time and do some comparison shots between the two. Based on the sample shots, one thing that the G16 is still doing is overexposing and blowing out highlights just like the G15 did. You might as well just set the exposure comp dial to -1EV and leave it there.

That said, I'll bet it was an enjoyable camera to shoot with. Especially if the Canon claims of increased speed are true. The color performance is also very nice.

For such a small sensor P&S, the high ISO shots are unexpectedly impressive. Canon G16 will sell like hot cakes.

Ok peoplez lets put this into perspective. To choose this camera over a Sony RX100 for around the same price is absurd. However to choose a mobile phone purely for its IQ over the G16 is even more absurd! Anyone who knows even a little about photography knows that there is no point going into explanations about this. Of the literally thousands of mobile phones out there, only a couple stand out as having the kind of IQ that would give something like the G16 a decent run. But they cost a fair bit more which puts them well into entry level dslr and mirroless territory.

The issue is not with this camera in and of itself as its essentially a slightly tweaked G15 which received solid reviews. Its when its viewed in relation to the competition and other options at the price point that it can become a potentially problematic purchase.

I'd rather save money....with the EOS-M.

why would anyone want this? For the price I could go get a mirrorless and take way better pictures.

Pretty impressive at ISO 1600 for its sensor size, and thanks to the relatively wide aperture (especially for the mid and tele range), it'll need to go that high less often than a camera like the RX100.

Dithering is visible already at ISO 400 when viewing 1:1 of course, but still... Pretty cool what you can get from a small inch sensor nowadays.

pretty much the same as G15...