Happy New Year, Jono.
I could not have done better with an M on this because of the manual focus issue alone. Faster glass might have helped but in the long run I would have wasted way too much time focusing an M.
I think MFT has the potential to be something very special. I am so surprised that Leica did not take the opportunity to develop their own MFT offering. I believe they missed a golden opportunity.
I expected Dlux versions of the G1 and especially the GF1 this is a usual follow on.
The X1, no matter how big that sensor is, is just too little, too late, too expensive.
It would appear Leica have rejected m4/3 and prefer APS and upward
I see Canon and Nikon watching all of this with interest and would even venture to suggest they have models in the works. I think the G11 has just about reached the end of its life/development... they need to move to MFT.