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Message: <blockquote data-quote="njlarsen" data-source="post: 1756858" data-attributes="member: 7427">I used to have a film SLR with a long lens. I know I could have a better camera if I went the dSLR way, but I have chosen the superzoom, because the best camera is the one you have when you need it, and my Panasonic FZ18 is very light and fits in a belt pouch. Look at my gallery here, just about every picture I have taken lately is with this camera (I don't have the 1.7x converter). The four/thirds and especially the micro version of them seems tempting, but Sigma seems to no longer support the format, which means that the only lenses available are the Olympus 300mm (corresponding to 600 mm reach on a film slr). Panasonic is rumoured to bring out a 100-300 zoom for the micro-four/thirds format. If you adapt a lens from a different source to the micro format, you are basically back to the size of a canon or nikon dSLR in your kit anyway. Niels</blockquote>