I have to agree with Dp. Down sampling has long been touted as a quick fix for noise. I have tried it myself, and I did not find it effective, or not very significant.
I don't see anything wrong with the review on dp, it still got a good one, and you can see the pros and cons of the camera, and make your own subjective view on it. Course, the G series has always had a nice quality feel in the hand, that can not be conveyed in a review, handling is important..very to some.
I would have to say Canon has been "defeated with megapixels", and I am pleased to see dp punish pixel stuffing just for the sake of it. I have said this for some time, but image quality is a LOT more than megapixels alone, many areas to it, and some areas such as dynamic range, deserve far more attention than a few lousy extra pixels. About time some folks stopped peering into res charts, and 200% crops, and more into the big picture of digital image quality. I hope other sites stop beating the tiresome megapixel drum. Fact is, we are well into double digit megapixels, you could moan a few years back that your 2mp camera didnt have enough resolution. I highly doubt anyone can complain nowadays. Let's move on to bigger fish...