Originally posted by regken The Olympus E-510 size and weight is much closer to what I would like to see. The live view would be nice to have also, but that's just me. As a matter of fact I was thinking of getting one because it will work with my K mount lenses but then learned Olympus didn't make the image stabilization compatible with older lenses. So it's back to waiting for that small travel camera.
Unfortunately, the Oympus uses 4/3-system which means that the sensor is physically smaller so prism and shake reduction system can be reduced in size compared to Pentax and this makes the body smaller. But I agree with you that small size is nice, that is why I'm keeping my *ist DS.
I felt a bit tempted by the new Panasonic L10, from looks and specification it seemed quite fun for a family camera, but then I learned that the price was above my K10D and it gives less (no built-in shake reduction, no weather sealing, less customisation and advanced features, it is more like a re-work of the Olympus E-410, which sells for less...).