FYI and just to make you aware of developments you may have missed, such as Leica 35-420 mm zoom with image stabilization. No action required, desired or recommended; just watch and wait: Washington Post - United States Lumix FZ30: The Great Digital Chameleon ... Remarkably, the latest hybrid digital from Panasonic/Leica, the Lumix DMC- FZ30, may satisfy each of the above photographers-if not all the time, then most of ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/25/AR200604250 0864.html> Cheers, Bill Abbott ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/