Hi, I don't know about the IS5000 but if you are interested I am about to sell my IS3000 here in Australia. It also has the 1.7X tele lens(Olympus). If you are interested at all post a message and I will get back to you. Regards Terry
I saw a stall selling the IS500 in Yishun. At the Yishu 10 cinema-plex. The is a corner photo shop doing film development. I saw there's a piece in the show case yesterday.