slightly larger E-P3 shaped body to accommodate the class leading viewfinder that MUST be part of my next camera.

Would like to see them continue to offer compact body without EVF, as I think that's a market need, but I do want a body withh an EVF, and also the EPL3 type tilty screen.

Should I say a better sensor? For me, I only need better DR in ISO 100-400 and better tonal gradients, though I know many others want better high ISO.

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EM5; 9-18, PL25, 100-300 and some others.
(also, 6D + RX100)

An EP3 with the tilt-screen of the Nex / EPL3, the EVF of the Nex7 (but not one that takes up any more space or changes the shape of the camera significantly - for my money they could just replace the flash with the EVF) would do it for me. If they update the sensor for better low light and DR, that wouldn't be a BAD thing, but I'm pretty satisfied with the results I can pull out of the curent pens, so the sensor is less important to me than the features. And if they never combine all of those things into one "perfect / ultimate / jesus" camera, that's OK too. I'm really happy as a clam with my EPL3 and the add on VF2 for the rare times I really want an EVF. The flip screen is more important to me than the other stuff - it would be nice if it came with the improved handling of the EP3, but the handling of the EPL3 with the Franiac grip really doesn't leave much to be desired...

I really don't have a damn thing to complain about with my current setup.

-Ray

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Olympus OMD EM5 with several lenses, Fuji X-Pro with three lenses, Ricoh GXR with one lens/sensor unit, Panasonic LX7...

I won't buy any new without a good quality integrated VF. If Oly can deliver this on the next Pen I will be hard-pressed to not purchase.

Beyond that, I'd love to see Oly do a casual sports shooter/soccer mom focused camera. Not sure how possible it is to match something like Canon 60D (which certainly isn't the top of the heap as sports shooters go), but I think it would be a huge seller. Body doesn't have to be Pen sized or shaped (G3 form would be fine).

I think it's interesting to look at these comments. Many of them similar, many are diverse. By all appearances, I don't think Oly can win.

-better control dials (two or three)
-Some type of focus assist feature for legacy glass (a peaking function linked to a focus box)
-A small corner mounted built in EVF.
-more DR
-ISO of 100 or 50
-Better user interface with more customization

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Why not just buy a GH camera, then? Not sure you'll get much better than that one, and still remain pretty compact. IBIS wouldn't help for sports shooting anyway, as your shutter speeds need to be high.

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EM5; 9-18, PL25, 100-300 and some others.
(also, 6D + RX100)

usable iso6400

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GH3 | G3 | GX1 | 7-14 | 12-35 | 35-100 | 20 | 45
Nikon FX | Leica MM

My list is sort of a subset of what some others have posted.
I would be pretty happy if Olympus or Panasonic could make a mft camera with:

-weather sealed body
-a good inbuilt VF, the VF makes my E-P2 seem larger than my G2
-new sensor not necessarily more megapixels, specifically cleaner low-light high-iso(this is one of my two minor complaints about my G2)
-rangefinder style body (this is the other one of my two minor issues with my G2)
-plenty of direct controls like a direct AF point selector. It could be a thumbstick on the back or whatever, but having to drop into SCP on my EP2 just to change AF points bugs. I like touch AF on the G2, but sometimes I touch accidentally and change the AF point, and you can't use touch AF while looking through the VF, so a control for that would be nice.

For that matter I think the G2 gets a lot of things right, especially the control system and EVF/LCD viewing system. If only the G2 could have been everything my G2 is but in a small L1 style body with weather sealing, I could overlook the low-light/high-iso jpegs and no thumbstick for AF point selection... It is too bad Panasonic didn't consult me first.

The one common request that I see is built-in VF (or EVF).

So in addition to the built-in EVF, I'd like to see the following on body and form factor styled after the EP1/2/3 (which I do like a lot):

- full customization of the user customizable buttons, instead of limiting user to assign only certain functions to certain buttons (quite shortsighted IMO);
- tilt screen while retaining the excellent OLED touch screen;
- 16 mp Panasonic sensor;
- 7 fps (if Sony can do it on the NEX, I don't see why Oly/Pany couldn't)
- Panorama sweep (I'm not keen of doing stitching myself)
- slightly larger jog wheel

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