Originally posted by 6BQ5 How about an OVF with some sort of projection of a histogram or other shooting info like a Heads Up Display (HUD)? I love OVFs but I understand that they are lacking in on screen display like EVFs.
If they incorporated an interchangeable viewfinder, the options could be straight OVF or hybrid (overlay) or even EVF, as you choose. Taking up the options from the LX, the notion of good eye relief (invaluable for those of us who wear spectacles) could be extended to allow the user to view a direct optical display alongside all the variables, histograms etc, without having to peer to the side or look at the other LCD displays. A detachable LCD display could be a better option than an articulated one, whether wired or wireless, which could be dispensed with altogether with a comprehensive, wide-field viewfinder.
If they went for a square format body (like the Rollei SL2000) then the left-handers could be easily accommodated, and the interchangeable viewfinders could be as large as you like. In fact, the more I think about this format, the more I like it, and it's retro without being the same as the rest of the herd, as well as functional.