Thanks @bitcoinman! :) Yes the Powershot G6 was very good (was because it fell in the stream). It actually is on the border between the compacts and the Digital SLRs- it had almost a full size lens and body and just about all of the control you get with a DSLR. It drove me crazy in the beginning until I figured out how to take pictures with it...
These days it's the EOS 70D- and that one takes really amazing shots.