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So, I had a chance to use my DP2s at my friends' engagement party. The event also was a great opportunity to further test the capabilities of the DP2s--the party started at 4:00 pm and ended (for me) at 8pm; that covered shooting with plenty of light (also on their roof deck) as well as under low light both outside on the roof and inside the apartment.

Here are my conclusions on the performance of the DP2s.

1. It performed flawlessly outdoors in bright light. I nailed every focus. HOWEVER, when I gave the camera to someone else to take a picture of me and my friends, NONE of the pictures focused correctly. I told who ever was using the DP2s to focus on my face, and snap when the focus area turns green. Even with those instructions, they were unable to use the focus correctly. From this experience, I'd say the DP2s is not an ideal camera to use IF you want others to take pictures of you at parties. A point and shoot like Panasonic LX5 or Canon S95 would perform better in this regard.

2. Processing with Sigma Photo Pro 4.1 never ceases to impress me. I am able to balance all the tonalities easily and get the results I want POST processed. Out of camera JPEGs are quite good but image quality improves dramatically when you shoot X3F (RAW) and adjust using SPP4.1.

3. Shooting at night with slow shutter speed (camera set on a table) produces quite amazing results. I especially love the well defined pointed stars I get from light sources. DP2s also seems to capture colors, like some warm pinks during dusk/dark blue sky.

4. DP2s' weakness in shooting indoors under low light. With autofocus, none of my focus was where I wanted it to be. I had to resolve to shooting manually (with manual focus assist zoom), which makes shooting a slow process.

All in all, I'm still very happy using the DP2s. Having practiced enough to be able to use it quite comfortably, I still say it's one of the best small point and shoot camera I've used (BEST being all in the image quality). It's the only small camera that I've used, where I feel produces as good an image quality as a consumer DSLR with a decent stock lens.

Having said that, I don't think I will take the DP2s with me on my trip to Myanmar this December. I'll probably end up taking the GH1 (hacked GH13 firmware for amazing video) along with more pocketable camera that I have yet to acquire--I have my eyes on the very pocketable Canon S95.

Shot with the Fujifilm S5Pro at F2 film simulation
Strobist info: SB900 at the top + camera built-in flash.

Nikon has launched the Nikon D300s, an enhancement over the D300 with video recording capability. What's more, it has a dual memory slot that can slot in one SD Card and one CF card. Wonderful thought.

Nikon has always been in the forefront of innovation since the the start of photography. And I am proud to be a part of the Nikon family...hhmmm Fuji as well :)