This is the perfect camera. It does not ship until the end of April though and is a bit expensive. Unfortunatley it is expensive and I need to get a digital camera that has the JPEG & RAW format to utilitze the graphic programs for editing in RAW. RAW has more colors and is a clearer resolution. They are only available in the digital SLRs. :( This camera has a live function view much like a regular digital camera would. digital SLRs up to this point have not been able to have the technology to show the view on the LCD for composition in low light settings but now with this new model it is a feature that is available. This size of megapixels has finally caught up to what film cameras will be which is another reason it is so cool. This is on the wish list because it may not be practical but I miss having a digital SLR since my other one was stolen. I still don't think digital will ever be as good as film but the editing possibilities with digital files are endless. Besides, I sort of don't have a darkroom set up because there just isn't room in this house and it would require proper ventilation.