I should have mentioned that the Canon G series can shoot in RAW (3 modes: JPEG, RAW or JPEG+RAW).

Also, these are much smaller than SLRs (and things that look like SLRs) but they are thicker than cameras like the Lumix.

What they also have are some of the easy to access controls of SLRs (ISO, exposure offset, shutter and aperture priority, full manual, etc) without having to dig into menus like with P&S's (if even possible).

My $0.02.

- John