[rparmar]

Art: thanks for that link.

It seems to me that the two disadvantages of the system the author mentioned rather depends on the target market.

1. Electronic instead of optical viewfinder (eg: live view on an LCD) . This will not be seen as a disadvantage to those coming from point'n'shoot cameras where they have nothing else. DSLR users will miss a proper viewfinder, unless there are serious advances in EVF systems.

2. AF via contrast detection and not phase detection. Same as above, really.

However, consider someone looking for a rangefinder replacement for street shooting, or a portable landscape kit you can haul up a mountain. They wouldn't care about these limitations at all. Simply manual focus to the hyperfocal distance and you're done.

Olympus should include a built-in hyperfocal focus mechanism. For that matter Pentax should too, in their next camera. Can you imagine a body that automatically keeps as much of the image in focus as possible? There is no reason why it cannot be done with existing technology.

Just a lack of photographic imagination, IMO.