prosumer digital camera suggestions

[synreal]

I'm looking for a high end consumer grade digital camera (4.0+ Mpx) for $700-900, SLR is a plus.

I'd like to know if anyone has had any experience in working with a rig similar to what I am looking for. The Olympus E10 is in the lead right now, but since I won't be picking one up for another 2 or 3 weeks, I'd like to be as educated of a consumer as possible.

[Mantis]

I just asked my friend who knows a good deal about digital cameras this. He recommended waiting until Foveon's technology comes out in new cameras, it's supposed to be way better picture quality.

[synreal]

yeah, the only down side is that that format of CCD will be well above the $2500 mark for quite a while.....i am looking forward to it though....mmmmnew format of pixel <drools on self>

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the only currently planned camera with this new tech is the <a href="http://www.sigma-photo.com/Html/news/news_sd9_fs.htm" target="_blank">Sigma SD9</a> - $2995, if you are any format of technophile i suggest checking out the technology. it basically stacks three sensors on top of each other to produce a near film quality image (very near from what i've seen)

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and the winner is the olympus e10, god its pretty - http://www.dpreview.com/gallery/olympuse10_samples