Hi list, I turned a senior last week and was offered a new camera by family and friends. (David was in the know, I wasn't :-D ). One more camera to carry around? Yes, but digital this time! No DMR, no R10, ... a Lumix. :-[ A Lumix, with a Leica zoom lense 8-) . My first impression of the Pana camera is NOT negative AT ALL, even though I know feel my age when perusing the booklet and running through the menus - some will know the feeling I'm sure ;-) I haven't had time to discover much, but the camera feel is friendly enough to invite a Leica fan to go further, much further. What I like best? the lense of course. My second best? the on/off switch, located as on the R3. Remember how easy to operate it was? Plenty more of course, but I don't want to bore you, yet. Just for you to have an opinion I've posted two pixes (should I say bunches of pixels?) at this address. <http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/62475-1/Lumix-Thanks.jpg> N°1 is a crop of n°2. I'm not pretending either is any good, far from it. But for anyone willing to see what the Vario-Elmarit can do, this is a starting point. Comments, suggestions, advice and questions more welcome than ever. Yours Phileicangemix ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/