i have the leica point and shoot referred to above, it is called the d-lux 3, and while i havent gotten around to doing any hdr yet, i feel confident that it would work just fine. it does do RAW, and is ten megapixel, so the images are plenty large. panasonic makes a camera that is essentially the same as the d-lux, but it is a lot more noisy, it isnt reccommended to take it off of iso 100. i have shot my leica all the way up to 1600, and while it is noisy, it is decent looking noise, as noise goes. i have no problems whatsoever shooting it at iso 400. it is also nice because my camera and tripod weigh right around three pounds, light enough to take anywhere and use every day.