It looks like a nice mid-sized 1 chip cam. Has anyone played with one or bought one? Thoughts?

After practicing this: http://www.8palm.com/wpalm 25X today, I think I'll go out and have a serious boo at the DV73. I'll post my thoughts and findings here.

It's pretty much the same as the DV702, which is a nice camera...

The DV53 is the best in the price range.

Thanks, Alex. To me it also seems a lot like last year's PV-DV702, however, in Vancouver, Pana has not released all of their new cams, including this one. I believe they (Pana) are going to bi-pass BC this year. Everyone seems to be selling Sonys, and only fire sale'ing last year's low end Panas. Go figure. I do believe their consumer division is having problems---they must have.