Stanley wrote:
Specs wise that's really not bad at all, I just wish they'd throw in DSLR Snappiness into a high end point and shoot.  Above all else, responsiveness is my main concern over form factor.

Yes. I'm a bit worried about the auto-focus. It uses an advanced contrast-detect system, not phase-detect. That the one spec I don't like.

Stanley wrote:
Specs wise that's really not bad at all, I just wish they'd throw in DSLR Snappiness into a high end point and shoot.  Above all else, responsiveness is my main concern over form factor.

Except for the zoom lens on it, this sounds like you are looking for a Fujifilm X100S or T.  APS-C sized sensor, and all the snappiness of a DSLR. In fact, it takes images so fast that I often capture prematurely because there's absolutely no shutter lag, period.

It's exteremely compact. Very fast. And the EVF is gorgeous.

This LUMIX looks interesting, but I'll take a larger sensor every day over a slightly wider maximum aperture.  Super clean images to ISO 3200.

Good Egg Productions wrote:
Except for the zoom lens on it, this sounds like you are looking for a Fujifilm X100S or T.  APS-C sized sensor, and all the snappiness of a DSLR. In fact, it takes images so fast that I often capture prematurely because there's absolutely no shutter lag, period.

It's exteremely compact. Very fast. And the EVF is gorgeous.

This LUMIX looks interesting, but I'll take a larger sensor every day over a slightly wider maximum aperture.  Super clean images to ISO 3200.

Well in my experience, the weak point in these cameras generally isn't the shutter release, but the autofocus holding the shutter release back.  I mean, a lot of these cameras these days allow you to manually focus with live view offering supremely snappy shutter response, that's practically a given, but sometimes I might not want to muck around with live view, but instead  pick up a camera, point, focus, and shoot all with one button.

Stanley wrote:

Well in my experience, the weak point in these cameras generally isn't the shutter release, but the autofocus holding the shutter release back.  I mean, a lot of these cameras these days allow you to manually focus with live view offering supremely snappy shutter response, that's practically a given, but sometimes I might not want to muck around with live view, but instead  pick up a camera, point, focus, and shoot all with one button.

Agreed.  The X100S(and T) has a hybrid optical viewfinder that becomes an EVF at the flip of a switch.  Sometimes, the optical is great, but if you're too close to a subject, sometimes, what you see through the OVF isn't what you're getting.  So sometimes it makes sense to flip to the EVF for a WYSIWYG shoot.

I'm not saying one camera is better than another.  Just that the Fuji offers a larger sensor and gorgeous images with a very interesting and pleasurable user experience.