Personally I'd probably take the D70, I've just (two days ago) sold my Lumix, but I kind of miss is already. I can recommend this camera to anyone as I've had great fun with it and taken (IMHO) great shots (see the photocritique section). I've little to fault the Lumix for and would recommend it to anyone as a nice camera that is also easy to use. If you do, however shoot manual the adjustment of the aperture and shutter speed can be a bit of a nuisance. The top shutter speed is 1/4000 vs 1/8000 in the D70. I'm not au fait with the Canon's specs so i've refrained from commenting on that. I don't think you'd go wrong with the Lumix!