The camera has arrived. The quality is amazing, and the camera has a bunch of really easy to use modes in addition to the fully manual modes I wanted. The lens looks quite good, and it does take pretty stable shots in low light. The flash is what I expected, it’s good, but nothing spectacular. Obviously if I find that I really love taking shots with a flash, I’ll get one of the SpeedLites, but that’s not an upgrade I anticipate making any time soon.

Overall, I’m very pleased with the camera. If I get the chance, I’ll post some shots later tonight or tomorrow. I was planning on doing some JPEG+RAW shots, and manipulating the images a little to get a feel for the RAW image format.