I continue to be impressed with the image quality of the Canon PowerShot G1 X. It's basically digital SLR quality in a compact camera. This photo was taken handheld at ISO 1600 and then pushed a half stop or more in Lightroom and Photoshop and I think it still looks great. Yes, you can see noise if you view the large version. But it's handheld at ISO 1600. So who cares if you see noise?