When lugging a two kg DSLR and Lens is not an option, a good small camera with a clear, fast lens and low-noise and high-quality sensor is the key. Sadly no one makes one. Well, maybe except Sigma. The Sigma DP-1 is almost perfect… except for the fact that it has a fixed lens (a nice lens would be something like a 24-105 f4 lens but I can live with a 24-70 if it’s f2.8 ) and no Image stabilizer on the lens. Oh, of course, no movie mode. Yes, I know it’s a compact still camera but a 30fps widescreen (848 x 480 pixels) would be nice for the occasional movie clip. Well, here’s keeping my fingers crossed Canon’s new fangled CMOS factory costing billions will create something like this.

Almost there…