Originally posted by Aristophanes ... My needs include an articulating LCD ...
... Add in an EVF option...
Hm, I think your wait might prove fruitless.
I think the appeal of the GR is (besides IQ) mostly the size and handling.
If you changed the LCD all too much and added an EVF... I think you would have to up the size.
About the 24MP ... I have never had more than 16, and would not know what to do with it in any case.
Maybe that's just me, but I never printed a really large picture... biggest was 40x30cm, as far as I remember (and that was with 12MP).
I think you share your opinion with a LOT of people when it comes to video.
I have not even tried it up to now, because I do not take videos... but the reviews have been quite bad in that regard.
I guess Ricoh will have to add a little engineering there.
One thing I was shocked about at first was the missing manual focus ring!
Having used a lot of manual film lenses on my K-30, I was used to focusing manually.
But after I have take a few shots with the GR, I must say that the manual focusing via holding down a button and scrolling the wheel works perfectly.
Everything I do with this camera is basically one-handed. It's brilliant!