The way I see the Canon G1X, is you're getting what amounts to a 7D with a 18-70 f/2.8-5.8 zoom in a package that's considerably smaller and cheaper. Noise/IQ should be identical to the 7D or possibly ...

This certainly looks good, and a nice alternative to the Nex-5n I was slavering over. It probably is much smaller than it with an equivalently-specced zoom lens, but the camera itself is considerably ...