Great stuff, but I don't know why you've got suckered into the
pixel peeping "my dog is bigger than your dog" stuff. Not only is
it a futile argument, but you appear to be losing it.
Any modern dSLR will take excellent pictures that will stand big
blow ups. The question is, do you want to carry a shed, or will
you accept some noise? There is no "correct" answer to that, it
depends on the shooter.
However, in my view there are a lot of not especially skilled
people buying big heavy cameras that they leave at home, which is
stupid. You and I, who are both obviously fairly skilled (sorry to
be smug) and fairly obsessive, can make a choice. 4/3rds suits me
(or WILL suit me, if the E3 is any good), 35mmFF suits you.
Personally, I'd suggest that any reasonably competent person who
wants dSLR advanatges in a format they can actually take with them
gets an E400 (in Europe only, which is nuts). Later on they can
stump for an E3, or a 5D (or replacement thereof), according to how
bonkers they become.
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