Thank you all for your comments, a little background; I used to do tons of (film) photography, using mostly Olympus (mainly OM4Ti) and Nikons; (mainly F3). At the time I got seriously into macro stuff in the field; shooting fungi/flowers/insects and stuff, then I spent a few years traveling and obviously shot many rolls. Then, for some reason that I can't remember (or fathom!) I stopped; probably due to excessive work demands on my time. And suddenly 10 years have gone by and I don't even own a camera anymore... WTF! So, I guess, in theory I 'know' photography, I have played with digital cameras at working, shooting pack-shots mostly (Sony DSC-F707) and I have borrowed the camera for some 'field' work of my own and realised how much I enjoy photography... thus my search now for a camera that I can use, and will grow with me as I gain my photography feet again. What I don't want is to outgrow my camera, or to find that it can't do the stuff I want...
Again, thanks to all for contributing and sharing your thoughts/insights
I'll let you know which way I jump!