Wow! This is fascinating to me. I've used SLR's for years and have just begun to delve into digital photography over the last year or two. I have a lower end digital camera (Nikon Coolpix) and have been thoroughly annoyed over the lack of control that I have over the settings. Your camera appears to have all the standard settings of an SLR (shutter speed, fstop, ISO, etc. ) I need this!!!! Are there digital cameras with SLR type control that are more in the $1000 price range?