Re: (m)43 lens line up and Olympus
Peter, you're lovely, but this is a load of old B0llocks - really. So some E3's had focus problems (mine didn't) - the Zuiko pro and high end zooms are peerless - the 11-22 and 12-60 in particular.
Olympus have been responsible for so many firsts in the last few years, and they're still producing wonderful cameras.
Jono,
you are right, these issues are old, but sometimes issues get too much and then I (and I think also lot of others) will not forget anymore.
I was in the OM system in the '80s, would have really loved Oly to come up with some AF DSLR - did not happen, finally sold my OMs.
I trusted them again and started with the E1 and 43. E1 was a great camera, but most of the initial promises (43 will soon support up to 18MP, lot of nice and small lenses etc) did not come true.
And then I had the E3 issues and compatibility problems between Pana and Oly - so this was actually not so long ago.
Sorry, but I will NEVER forget how this frustrated me and the hours I spent with different representatives from Oly and Pana to get things fixed. Finally I gave up and sold the stuff.
I know there were many others who did not have these issues with their E3, so what? Good luck for them. But I had these issues and I asked Oly to solve and they were simply not able to do so!
Sorry to bring some bad light on the glory of Olympus.
Anyway I do hope they will do better with M43, but currently it does not really look like that if you consider the innovations coming from Pana and the innovations from Oly. And finally - and most important they do not develop their own sensors, so this is always a big disadvantage.
Time will tell. I see this all meanwhile very relaxed, but I really get amused if I find again some heavy believers in what Oly is doing, saying and marketing.