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The Panasonic GH-2 has also seen serious supply chain problems. They are still not available in any but dribs and drabs in North America even though this camera was announced last September. Maybe there are sensor yield issues or other problems getting in the way beyond artificial marketing constraints.

Back to the X100. IS the price really that high? Buy an Olympus EP-2, add the Panny 20mm F1.7 and the external viewfinder to it - and you are banging on the same door, price wise. Now you could make the argument that the EP-2 has interchangeable lenses and thus is a superior beast, but it don't look that way to me. I am *really* liking what I see with the X100, and if I didn't have the Leica already, I would be on that artificially generated waiting list for a X100. Its not a system camera per se, but as a carry around, it looks like it has the goods. Of course, we haven't really seen any serious reviews of production quality units yet - so maybe its just hype. Good hype if it is.

Panasonic better start moving its butt right now to keep up. The GF-1 is an amazing camera, but the EVF sucks. Instead of challenging Fuji by releasing a proper upgrade, they released the dumbed-down GF-2 (a downgrade if there ever was one).

I have to say that of all the players, I like what I see Fuji doing the best.