For those who plan to buy a high-end compact read this 1st

[abdulMuiz]

http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=3607&review=micro+four+thirdsand for those who have bought a high end compact..gheeeeeeee

[leegreen]

For those of us who just bought one... damn it!

Looks like I will be upgrading my G10 in around 2 years / most likely less...

[-MasterChief-]

a compact with interchangeable lenses .... hmmmmmm ... kinda beats the purpose of a COMPACT! :evil:

[FlyingPhotog]

You could always go back to the Minolta 110 that had interchangeable lenses... ;)

[Perry Ge]

They'd better sell a lot of those, or else it's a lot of of money poured into a new lens system for nothing...without backwards compatibility with existing 4/3 lenses, I sense doom for this.

[denncald]

That's actually "old" news. You'll notice the publish date was back in August.

Dennis

[MarKap77]

They'd better sell a lot of those, or else it's a lot of of money poured into a new lens system for nothing...without backwards compatibility with existing 4/3 lenses, I sense doom for this.

There is an adaptor to make all 4/3rds lenses mountable on mini-4/3rds cameras.

[HiltonP]

It seems you folks aren't aware that the micro-4/3 system is up, and running, and has been for some time . . . in the form of the Panasonic G1, and it's going down rather well. Not only is there an adaptor for 4/3rds lenses, but adaptors which allow the use of other brands lenses as well.

[FlexiPack]

The concept is great the problem is that the G1 isn't actually any smaller than an olympus 420. So we're not talking compact camera size here unfort

[Jannie]

If current development continues, it'll be messed up by stuffing them with too many MP!

[allill]

I saw this in a Ritz ad a couple weeks ago, the G1. Looks cool, but if it's the same size as an e420, I might go for a regular dslr instead.

[PlayersZ28]

If I need to carry lenses with my "compact" camera why not just carry the DSLR? This may be great for someone who wants something between a P&S and DSLR but owns neither.

[chtgrubbs]

I was in the market for a camera to carry when I didn't want to schlep around my DSLR. I looked at the G1, but it really isn't much smaller than the Olympus OM series slr cameras were. Definitely not a pocketable camera with the protruding zoom lens, so I went with the G10 instead.