is not Lumix no good, in going for small camera, lumix used smaller sensor, which you will notice the big different when low light shooting, when compared to DSLR.
me myself used GF3 before and found its image to be very vivid and achieve beyond my expectation on M43 sensor camera...
if your budget is like ard 2k, get a M43 camera as in some case is better than canon nikon entry DSLR, as M43 camera having lots of filter effect...etc...summore some with full HD recording..

try sony nex-c3 or f3, you get a bigger sensor in the similar camera size as M43

erm what do you mean by "Now I looking for 1 for my GF but she will never listen."?

semi pro is able to compete with canon 1100D nikon D3200 level DSLR, but when comes to canon 600D and nikon D5100 and above, you have to consider for semi pro, as you need a very expensive semi pro for rm4k plus and for 4k you get nikon D7000, which is a all round winner in performance and specs (not mentioning bigger build size...)

but in the end, IMO, M43 body would not last quite long, think of 3-4 years back, olympus release the pen-1 (EP-1), selling ard 3k, now, do you still want to use it? it changes the perspective of ppl about M43, but the body spec is too slow, think twice if you buy M43...generally you get better camera control on DSLR..

if budget allowed, put in rm4k for a nikon d7000 or canon 60D, dun think of speed lite, other lens, etc. the 18-105 lens is just superb and cover most angle normal photographer needs...me using D7000 and just bought a 50mm f1.8 for sharp portraits image...

D7000+50mm f1.8D+SB 800 (f7,ISO400, 1/50sec)

think nothing but the only you need for shooting, not the stuff that you want..thx (spaming too much de...XD)