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I had the G11 for a while, but found it was not as good as the Canon S90, so I sold the G11 and used the S90 in a cheap Canon housing. Can't beat the price and tiny size, fits in a BC pocket. (The G12 is very similar to the G11.) I would suggest you look at the Canon S95 rather than G series if you want to stay with Canon. It has a very bright lens, same sensor and image quality as the G12, and good macro. It's better on wide too, just a quirk of how the G series lens moves when zooming makes it not so good at wide, in a housing.
I find the S90 dandy fine, but moved on to an Olympus XZ1 because it's even better. It's an especially a good buy with the Olympus housing (better quality than the Canon housings by far, I suspect made by Sea&Sea). You do get what you pay for, the recsea housings are very nice, but given the obsolescence factor I opted for a budget Olympus solution. Check out the Olympus forum for more if you want to follow up. The Panasonic LX5 is great too, but you need a recsea or other pro housing for it, so the Olympus fit my needs better.
I find the S90 dandy fine, but moved on to an Olympus XZ1 because it's even better. It's an especially a good buy with the Olympus housing (better quality than the Canon housings by far, I suspect made by Sea&Sea). You do get what you pay for, the recsea housings are very nice, but given the obsolescence factor I opted for a budget Olympus solution. Check out the Olympus forum for more if you want to follow up. The Panasonic LX5 is great too, but you need a recsea or other pro housing for it, so the Olympus fit my needs better.