Z1 again

Steve likes it, which I knew he would, because it's a good camera. Really, if this had one more megapixel (4 instead of 3), this would be the ultimate camera. As it is, it's damn near perfect.

On the other hand, Panasonic/Leica have just announced a new Lumix which has 4 megapixels and sports a 12x optical Leica lens.

But you still have to ask yourself, are the Panasonic electronics as good as those of the Minolta, in terms of startup time, focus to picture time, battery life, full-screen video, and all the other brilliant features of the Z1.