I owned to Olympus Stylus cameras and I was always frustrated with the lag time between pressing the button and shutter click (you photo folks out there will know what the technical term is). But for me, all it meant was I was missing those shots of my kids that fall in between that blank stare and all-out crying (or running towards me). You know, those "money shots".

So...I was ready to upgrade, but I wanted to make sure that I wasn't going to be stuck with the same lag. So I researched and researched. I talked to my professional photographer friends, but they all said "go dSLR" - but I wasn't...