The M43/MFT Shaft !

Olympus did the same as they are now in 1959 with the original PEN (half frame camera)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Pen

So it's not a new concept or something that they've just cooked up...

As for the advantage - I am talking a size advantage - I don't need to carry the big kit to crop it later - I can carry smaller get and get the same FOV as the eventual crop, with higher resolution too - that is the whole concept of m43 and even 43!!!

Did you actually read any of the rest of what I wrote?  My point was that if you want to use longer or shorter than normal focal length lenses you will need a bigger solution (camera or camera and lens combination) and/or for wide angles that the cost will go up.

The compacts did not need big glass, you're right - very few (if any) offered anything like the resolving power, convenience or intelligence of the current m4/3 system and I am guessing that you are talking about fixed focal length compacts and I am guessing ones where you do not see through the lens.
Someone has done exactly what you are asking for - made the true successor to a high end compact with a full frame sensor - Sony with the RX1.

I'm happy to discuss - I thought you wanted to understand why no one is giving you your ideal camera and I was trying to explain but if you're just going to be offensive about other people's choices (I invested money in this system and sold off FF kit as I see it being the future) then I'm out.

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