Godfrey
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Yes, I owned two: they were the basis of my work for a couple of years. Still a very fine camera, but Panasonic dropped the ball with that, their first SLR, and moved in a different direction.... (Although I can't speak for him, I will point out that Godfrey owns/ed one of these cameras, too.) ...
My best friend bought one of my L1s. He's using it today for HIS jobs. It still performs brilliantly. I moved from it to Olympus pro-grade SLR bodies ... which do an even better job on responsiveness. I still have the Panasonic/Leica Summilux-D 25mm f/1.4 ASPH on the E-5: a stunning camera and lens combination.
Panasonic is moving forward on its arc, I'm moving forward on mine. I had many good experiences and made quite a bit of money with Panasonic cameras ... the L1, G1, FZ10 and LX1 all produced many salable photos, photos which won awards, and paid for themselves and then some by a healthy margin. I have nothing but praise for Panasonic's cameras in general, but they're no longer making what I'm looking for.
No big deal. I've juggled equipment for four plus decades.
"Equipment is transitory, Photographs endure."