Months after revealing their first DSLR, Panasonic finally launch the DMC-L1. With an estimated price of $1999, I think it's hard to compete with the big players out there.

To me, the best selling point of this camera is the Leica lens. Anti-dust (same as the one found in Olympus E-series) is also a good feature, but how effective? According to muke, the anti-dust in his Oly, apparently does help.

Live view is just a nice to have feature. I can happily live without it. Why spend a few thousand RM to get a DSLR with live view? While instead you can get a P&S at just a few hundreds RM that comes with live view and full video functions.

See the preview here: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/panasonicdmcl1/