Stills

Lovely. Excellent light. Good use of frame-within-frame composition. I think I see a little noise reduction related blurring in a few places, but it isn't a problem.

Colin, you may indeed regret mentioning cats. I'm thinking of a cat picture for my next stills post.
 

Quite a pleasant, well-composed scene. All the elements work -- even the dirt and window streaks, which help keep it from becoming too "precious". I like the bright red color in the middle of it all.

I like cats, have two, but seldom photograph them, so don't worry, you may have seen all I have to offer on that "theme" already, Colin. I do look forward to seeing Matt's selection, though!
 

Frames within frames within frames. Added to that is extremes of highlight and shadows. The lighting on the cat is just right to add an element of mystery to the proceedings. It also brings out those whiskers a treat. All very dark and brooding.
 

Matt - taken at ISO 1600 with no noise reduction applied; not too bad!

Christina - one of those occasions when colour is close to being the rationale for the photo (from my perspective anyway).

No mice - in fact I was the other side of the front garden wall, about five feet from the cottage.

I now tend to take my Fuji f30 with me in the evening if we go out (here to the opening of an exhibition in the village of St Dogmaels). The picture quality at ISO 1600 (no flash) is good enough to print from. For some time now I have regretted the many occasions when I would like to shoot in low light (at higher ISO than the E-1 can cope without excessive, and ugly, noise) and the Fuji is the result: not totally satisfactory - no viewfinder or manual focus - but pretty good nonetheless. In fact, its use is rather liberating: one feels less inhibited about filling the card up with rubbish, which can then be discarded if judged to be not good enough.
 

I am impressed with the high ISO performance of the Fuji and I would like to be able to use the E1 at higher ISO ratings with 'no' noise. I am also impressed with the dynamic range in this image. When operating at high ISO with the E1 I've found the dynamic range to be poor.

That red certainly captures the eye. Everything works well.
 

Hmm -- I'm also impressed with the Fuji based on this. I've been looking at getting a point and shoot for fun and ease -- not sure how I'd manage with no viewfinder, but supposed I could get used to it!
 

How does the fuji focus in poor light?
 

Pretty well is the short answer Matt. Occasionally, in almost darkness and an indistinct subject it may take a short while (around 2 secs) but it usually gets it right. I don't treat it like an SLR; I just point the centre cross at the subject, half press and move off to the required composition. That has to be modified when a desirable exposure is at odds with the focal plane but you get the idea: optimise point and shoot! There's a great 'scene mode' called 'museum', which silences all camera noises (but unfortunately puts ISO into auto). Useful when one needs to be surreptitious.