Hi: My interest is in astronomical and scientific photography where low light is a big factor. Panasonic is a digital imaging company, not a classical camera outfit. They say for the G1: "It lets you see in the LCD how adjusting the exposure, white balance, aperture and even the shutter speed will affect the photo." This implies that if the shutter is set for 1 second it will be seeing a lot of stars. As far as the dynamic range question goes I'd rather see how the image looks on an LCD with whatever dynamic range the system can handle than see a nice image in an optical system then get a very different result. -- Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.prc68.com/P/Prod.html Products I make and sell http://www.prc68.com/Alpha.shtml All my web pages listed based on html name http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com http://www.prc68.com/I/WebCam2.shtml 24/7 Sky-Weather-Astronomy Web Cam -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist