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It was fun making those videos. I'm glad you liked them. :D

After one week the DP1 is really easy to use. ;) And I'm sure you can, by just glancing at your pictures, get a good feel for focus and exposure. With the histogram and quick zoom it's really easy. But you knew that already. Didn't you? :)

I feel sorry when I read this review - I'm sorry that no photographer was with you in the store, talking a little about why the DP1 is so different from others. You missed the point so to speak.

I had my DP1 since about a week and my view of the camera is VERY different from yours in many ways.

First, Not sure you fully understand how small this camera really is compared to what it could have been. A quick comparison: the Sigma 10-20 lens that Sigma has is 500g heavy and about 9cm long. Very new and starts at F4. Lots of people love it and it has gotten great reviews. The DP1 16.5mm lens is coming out 3-4cm and weight a total of 280g together with the camera. And you're VERY welcome to visit my site for some full resolution shots - I know that they look very different from what the GRD gives.

The focus "control wheel" that you disliked so much - When you fully understand how OOF on a F4 lens is when in front of such a huge sensor - then you will also understand the importance of control. Thanks to the "control wheel" this camera has amazing manual focus - the easy to change part is wonderful when you quickly and with precision want to find that exact focus. (of course with magnified view for perfect control). But with more time you would have seen this. :) - side point: camera feels much faster when using manual focus. No lag.

The in-camera Jpeg works great - but I agree. using high ISO - then RAW is very important and you can't really know what the picture looks like before you entered the raw conversion software. All my images on my site are taken in RAW - And lucky for us, taking photos in RAW is about the same speed as with JPEGs. (at least not a big difference). And you're interested in IQ right? So RAW is the only way to go. ;)

BUT - you do have some points that do matter and that is with control wheels that could have been there. For easier control etc. I'd like a aperture / shutter speed wheel too. But I also enjoy the clean design. I also want to be able to change exposure etc while saving a picture. But I can wait 4s. And with the continues RAW taking - three RAW in less than a second. (much less I think) and 12s later buffer is empty and you can take another three. That's speed! You should have tried that. Perfect for HDR photography (it supports that too!)

Hopefully one day you can return to that store and play a little more. Take it for a ride. :) I'm sure you will eventually fall in love.

(Btw, where did you find those sharp edges?)