After a resent response to one of my posts by Rork (http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12379&Form.ShowMessage=737602) , Thanks man. I started looking for a Point and Shoot type camera, but with a fast lens. So I walk into my local Pro shop, and tell the guy what Im looking for. His recommendation was a Contax T-3. This little sucker sports a Carl Zeiss 35mm F-2.5 lens. I know that I can get higher quality with a Leica, but come on, if you get anything better than F-4, you are talking starting price of $1,950.00. This for a point and shoot style range-finder, I dont think so.

Anyway the Contax was close to what I was looking for, but it was $699, again a bit much. So we started looking at the G2. Lens is a 32mm-102mm (35mm eqiv}, f-2/f2.5. 4 Mega Pixel. Good battery life and most of all it looks like a standard Point and Shoot, as long as you dont swivel the LCD out. The only thing is I dont like using LCDs for shooting and the standard viewfinder is just that, just a hole in the camera that adjusts with the zoom. Im going to go see a company rep at the pro shop this Friday; I basically want to ask him why I should get this instead of the Minolta D7. I already have the D7, so I know what it will do; it just doesnt look point and shoot enough.

So the question is, anyone using the G2 and if so, how do you like it? Im especially interested in low light photography. I have read the reviews on dpreview, and phot.net. but I value you guys opinion

Thanks Quinn