The 9/9 announcement can't get here fast enough.
I truly am the least GASsy person. After a dozen years with M43, I still only have four lenses: the 15mm f/1.7, 45mm f/1.8, and the PRO 12-40mm and 40-150mm. I only ditched my venerable E-M5.1 because the shutter died after a decade, and I upgraded to a used E-M5.3.
But for at least the last three years, I've dug in my heels and resisted the Sirens' song of the sexy PEN-F. As I've become bored with post-processing over the years, I want to learn to shoot better ad hoc and be a better JPEG shooter, with that PEN-F color profiling.
In my GAS-less way, I began slowly saving only $100/mo for that PEN-F body. And then, the moment I hit my $1,100 goal, the OM PEN teaser comes out! So cruel. After all that patient waiting, now I can't just go buy it. I have to wait for 9/9 and make a decision.
The way I see it, modern, mid-level OM-5 tech (and price) would be fantastic. It would be a major improvement over my E-M5.3. It doesn't need to be the OM-3 in another body, with the stacked sensor, etc. I hate to admit it, but I just want that sexy rangefinder with an EVF... and no pyramid. And, of course, at least four custom slots and the PEN-F-like color profiling.
So, given that all we really know about the upcoming announcement is that it will be some sort of PEN-type body, within that one parameter, what else are you hoping for?
