This photo is one of my favourite photos of all time and it is from an early outing with my first digital SLR. The Olympus E-330 was my stepping stone into digital SLR's after being a long time Canon film user and then testing digital waters with a great little Nikon Coolpix  compact.
The much maligned live view system was the very reason I purchased this more than slightly off beat camera. The unique 2 mode live view is what made this image a lot easier to achieve than without it. Live view A mode, using a second sensor for viewing, allowed me to put the camera right in among the branches, leaves and bees and be able to see what I wanted to focus on. With a typical, for the time, SLR or DSLR I would have had to stick my head in amongst the bees to look through the optical view finder or just stick the camera in and fire away hoping for the best.
I can't believe the camera wasn't more popular when released. Well, I can really, it was a bit expensive and unfortunately old school reviewers couldn't see the benefit of live view back in 2006. These days it's rare not to have live view on a digital SLR. Go figure !

If you want to see a few more images like the one above from the old E-330 click here.