I was once in paradox as well. I'm jumping from PNS camera(Sony DSC-P10 hahaha )
M43 or DSLR straight???
After all I' ve choosen M43 for the following reasons:
1) Size - I do hiking often, so need to carry as light as possible
2) Conveniency- I can move around with the camera without carry a big bag. Everything just in a small sling bag.
3) Simplicity - Switch to Auto feature, you can ask any of passerby take the photo for you. DSLR may scare them off
4) Moment + Quality image- I guess this is the primary factor. I don't want to miss out any memorial moment (like family gathering,friend gathering..) - I don't want to carry over 1kg gadget to the event but mean time I still manage to take a quality picture(Better still than PNS)
5) Fashion- I like the design, like thel accesories available with M43 like leather casing. Less geeky look but look yaoyeng (

altot not cool as lomo)
6) Casual - Well, I m not prof photo taker and not going to be. The photo just for myself, friends, family not for making money~.
7) Interchangable lens - allow more room to upgrade than PNS and Consumer class camera.
a balance point found between consumer-> M43->Big DSLR

Btw, Missed out the Ipoh toll. So went to Bidur for the famous duckie drumstick and war kor
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This post has been edited by frequency: Jul 11 2010, 01:33 PM