For those of you that have read my site for a while, you know that I have longed after a certain camera for months now. After I had the chance to play with our friend’s Canon 20D, I was immediately hooked. I thought no substitute would be as wonderful as this 8 megapixel, 2 pounds of pure photographic heaven.

I stand corrected. Last week I had a co-worker bring in his new Panasonic digital for me to check out. When I looked it over, I was stunned. “Does that say what I think it does?” I thought to myself…“the most beautiful five letter word in the English language?” Yes, you guessed it…Leica. I had no idea that Panasonic was now offering digital cameras with a Leica lens. Of course I had to investigate into my desired range of freelance-worthy wonderful and I found this…

8 Megapixels…
with a Leica lens…
megazoom of x12…
manual focus and zoom…
3 frames per second…
excellent reviews…
and all for nearly HALF the price of the Canon?

Yes, that’s right folks…I have a new crush.

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