| I just recently went through the same exercise with the selection and purchase of a small high quality camera to use when I can't or don't feel like being burdened with a big bag. When accustomed to a DSLR, one gets pretty spoiled, so it's tough to find something acceptable. I just could not justify spending so much on any of the higher end options of LX3, DLUX4, and the Olympus PEN, when for close to the same money you can get, say, a K2000 body with a 40MM pancake in a tiny holster bag; little, light, and superior images, and there is wonderful photographic life without zoom lenses.
As a result, I purchased a Fujifilm F200EXR; it's awesome, by the way, and a K2000 body, so I am ready for most anything now with one or the other. (I have a lot of Pentax lenses and multiple bodies, but nothing as compact as the K2000). I spent about what I would have spent, say, for the DLUX4 and got the pocket camera and K2000 and can use any of my Pentax lenses. |