Cheers Rob and thanks for the welcome.
Yes the proof is indeed the eating of the pudding.
RAW+Tiff no chance of getting dust and dirt on the sensor because it's a fixed lens. Unfortunately there's no wide angle lens with it and the price is bubbling under the 200 ukp which is more than half way towards a relatively newer Olympus and indeed Nikon/Canon/Sony. I am not stuck into any particular lens system at present. Once I start I want to build a system and stick with it. So just the kit lens, a wide angle and some filters and i'm away.

I've looked at the E410 and E510 which is why I haven't jumped into it. I'd prefer those than for an example a Nikon D40 specwise. Haven't seen a E-330 for ages.

Also having a maximum setting 320 iso is an issue.
The timelapse feature is very tasty though that's something I would use alot.

Look before you jump and all that.
Decisions...decisions...decisions...