My new Sony A100 comes tomorrow. I had been using a Panasonic fz30 for a while. A couple of weeks ago I bought the Olympus 500 UZ and sold the Panasonic. After using it a couple of weeks I took it back. Very nice camera but decided I really wanted an SLR. Looked at Olympus e510, Canon xti, Nikon d40 and Pentax K100d also.
Decided on the A100 because it has Image stabilization in the camera body, takes old Minolta glass, and it was priced right along with many features I liked. It will be nice to get my hands on an SLR again.