Originally Posted by
pteron
The S90 has the sensor out of the G11 which is bigger than most compacts.
The G11/S90 sensor is 1/1.7" which is the same as some other compacts (but bigger than the standard 1/2.5"), and 1/5 the area of a 4/3 camera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_s...camera_formats