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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pdh" data-source="post: 1766500" data-attributes="member: 83256">I had the opportunity to handle some of these cameras today. It hasn't helped me that much !The FZ38 was nice to handle, extremely light (perhaps almost too light) and seemed easy to use.The G1 (with the 45-200 zoom) handled beautifully, sat nicely in my hand and against my face, and the basic controls fell naturally under my fingers. It also felt a good weight, and seemed fairly solid and well made.The E-P2 was absolutely beautiful, felt solid and well-crafted, and the add-on EVF (included in the kit) was both unobtrusive and bright/sharp. I wasn't able to hang the 70-300 zoom off it, and I have to wonder just how that tiny body would handle with a biggish piece of glass sitting on the front. Nevertheless it was a bit "love at first sight" for me.Of course the proof of the pudding is what the images taken at full stretch look like, and gallery or flickr images only go so far in helping judge that. All things being equal (and they never are) I'd have the G1 with the Olympus 70-300, but the lack of IS in that setup is a bit of a stopper for someone with slightly unsteady hands like me.It does feel to me as if Olympus' and Panasonic's choices about where to put IS (body and lens, respectively), plus the shortage of lens choice thus far, have compromised the attractiveness of the m4/3 "standard"; the reality is that consumers are faced with two m4/3 "standards", and with shortfalls in functionality when trying to combine the two manufacturers' kit. Hmm. Got a bit of thinking to do ...</blockquote>

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