Just got the Canon G11 and I am extremely impressed with the image quality and handling. In terms of the Canon G11 video there is a great review on GIZMODO .The article states “It is limited to 640X480 resolution. However the video the G11 produces is generally excellent just compare it to the video-shootin’ iPod nano). That’s because it’s packed with data—the bitrate averages around 10Mbps, which is more than the Flip Mino HD, at 9Mbps for 720p video. That’s why it looks so vibrant compared to a lot of the 720p video out there. Sure, 720p out of this would be nice, but I’d take VGA video that looks great over HD video that looks like crap”.
Well thats good to know as I could find no info on this in the G11 users manuel.