The waiting is killing me !!

amvrvd wrote:

ARRRRRGGGHHH OLYMPUS!!! - shakes fist angrily at the sky - I can't stand this cr@p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmwEQB0KM8U

Just watched this and it kinda made one of my eyes twitch uncontrollably...the sad reality that there's no M4/3 camera to showcase in such a video is deeply annoying.

Why ? Why does Olympus doesn't get it ? why has it taken them so long to do such a simple thing ? they had the lead, they had years of advantage in mirrorless yet competition did it first and stupendously...

Is it really that difficult to take the E-M5 innards and move the EVF to the left and shove it inside an E-P3 body ? Doesn't the success and market demand of the NEX 7, NEX 6, X100, X-pro 1, XE-1 ensure it's a safe bet that a hump-less RF-styled PEN body would do good if not great ? I mean , C'MON !

Seriously, this is starting to feel a little bit sadistic. All this applies to Pany as well, just how many out there cried for an EVF in a GF-1 succesor ? then they got slapped in the face with the GF-2, then everyone hoped for the GF-3 to straighten the path once again and then WHAM! another slap and a yet smaller camera, then the GX1 was rumored, YAY surely this time around they realized their mistake that's why they split the GF line aaaandd POW straight in the face, a rebranded GF-2 with grip and some controls...bummer.

Why are the very same companies that introduced the mirrorless format, supposed to get rid of the mirror and prism hump, so fixated in going back to DSLR ergonomics ? They're surprisingly the only companies in the whole mirrorless market to still introduce new DSLR shaped cameras (V2 is just some ugly quasimodo thingy), yet almost every other competitor that has every reason to potect their own DSLR range has produced non-DSLR shaped alternatives, which could very well undermine they bulkier mirrored cameras, so why are Pany and Oly so desperate to neglect this growing segment of the market if they have nothing to protect ?

The presence of RF-styled bodies with EVF in M4/3 would only enrich the format with more variety and a stronger counteraction to the competition. Some people respond by pressuring others into buying a G, GH or OMD model but they fail to see this is not the only way to integrate and use an EVF. I see no pressure on Sony or Fuji or anyone else to limit their mirrorless lines to DSLR looking cameras and this has not meant their death in the mirrorless market, quite the contrary they've been very successful despite the lack of faux-DSLRs.

M4/3 could offer something for everyone, P&S upgraders, DSLR users in transition, RF-style enthusiasts...I love M4/3, I'm in for the long run so I really really hope someone at Oly or Pany has an epiphany and realizes this.

Hopefully I'll be able to replace my E-PL1 with an E-P5 someday