Sigma DP2 Merrill is available in Australia for 950AUD. It is cheaper than Fuji X100! The RAW files are 50Mb+, but it seems that the JPEGs are OK.
Sigma DP2 Merrill is a compact camera with the latest 3x layers Foveon sensor, 3x15MP, and fixed 30mm F2.8 lens. Because of multilayer design the sensor captures the color information in every location (~pixel) and does not require anti-aliasing filter, so the resulting images are incredibly sharp at pixel level. Sigma uses the same sensor in their DSLR, Sigma SD1 / SD1 Merrill, with exceptional image quality at low iso.
The camera is slow, eats batteries (~100 shots per charge according to some reports), and has some other issues but it provide relatively non-expensive option to try the latest Sigma/Foveon technology. And as for batteries: apparently DP2M uses the same batteries as Ricoh GRD, so cheap clones are available as a replacement.
UPDATE:
Here is a nice review of DP2 Merrill on flickr that gives an idea what to expect from the camera. In comments someone confirmed/named Ricoh battery compatible with DP2M.
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