Some good images there for sure! It's interesting to see where things have gone in the last year... in July 2009 I bought a Fuji Finepix S1500FD as a walk-around camera partly because it's simple enough for my wife to use, and while I still carry it I often find it frustrating in what it can't do. The new Panasonic makes it look like it might be time for an upgrade, although the
Leica V-Lux 2 is supposed to be coming out in the not too distant future. Under $400 though? Perhaps.
Mike.