Wow, you folks don't have anywhere near the level of angst-ridden hand wringing this camera has caused over at the Mu43 forum. The articulated rear screen alone has launched long and bitter threads. One of the nice parts about this thread is that, given the wide range of cameras and sensors represented, it's a lot harder to get into a mu43 v. FF type of discussion.
Steve: The attitude you mentioned drove me away from participating further in any of the threads on the mu43 board - the negativity is quite embarrassing. But it's actually mostly echoed all around the 'net.
I personally think it's percisely the camera I've been waiting for - PEN gestalt with all the latest tech, including the E-M5 II's I.B.I.S. and EVF, a new sensor already incorporating the - to me entirely redundant - high-res mode, interesting new controls ... What exactly is not to like except that they fully understandably refuse to cannibalise their own OM-D line?
I find almost everything that I can see on this camera either logical or intriguing - it may not become my only mFT body (I have two at the moment, too!), but it'll finally give me the PEN I really always wanted. That said, it *could* actually replace *three* cameras for me: the E-PL7 (naturally - except for size, it leaves it in the dust), the E-M10 (it's got an EVF - and a better one, too!), and maybe even the LX100 (it's got the RF gestalt I really, really dig - with, yes, indeed again, an even better EVF!). I'm not yet sure I'll actually go that route because I like each and every of those three cameras for its own merits, but I'm now in the position that I could probably do that *and not be sorry in hindsight that I did*!
Olympus might have gone a bit too far in terms of vintage layout (no real front grip), but we'll see about that. Other than that, I think they've got a winner. Unfortunately, given the totally overblown expectations people had, many won't notice - which in turn might mean quickly falling prices for the rest of us who get what this camera is all about ... I'm not trying to be too ironic or cynical at the moment, but if nothing else, I'll take advantage of other people's stubborn refusal to give this new camera due consideration.
M.