“The DMC-L1 is Panasonic’s first digital SLR, its design ethos is clearly clean, simple, functional and very ‘Leica like’. There are lots of touches in the design of this camera which make it more appealing that most other digital SLRs, these include the shutter speed dial and aperture ring (on the lens) which give very quick access to manual exposure creativity and encourage the photographer to experiment more. We also got the low down on just how much of this camera is shared with the Olympus E-330.”

Phil over at DPReview has had a chance to play with the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 digital SLR and while this isn’t a full-blown review, it’s more information on this digital camera than exists anywhere else right now.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 Hands-on