i really wonder why the idea of the "integrated system" is supposed to be the future? canon and nikon are integrated systems and so is the H3D but i personally never liked the 35m/SLR shooting "style" so why does everybody seem to think that this is where everything will go? if it does, canon or nikon will mop the floor with hasselblad!
this is not about open or closed (i agree with steve, there is no such thing anyway, well at least there is no really open, but there is an attempt at really closed) ...this is about having options...
i really don't see myself spending the rest of my shooting days looking into a DSLR finder....i actually prefer rangefinders to SLR finders....i want the option to use a SLR, WLF and a "large format,T/S camera...and preferably all with one back which i will probably upgrade every couple of years....i don't want to have a different digital workflow for every different shoot....having one back guarantees that....
nobody will ever make the one body that does it all...because if it is the size of a leica it will be too small for some things and if it is the size of a RZ it will be too heavy to carry around!...just like you won't go pick up your lumber in a ferrari...
so i don't see why it has to be ONE package....
also: i love apple...i think they just do amazing things....love their hardware, love their software....that does not mean that aperture is the best solution.....i really don't see how it will ever be possible for one company to have the best bodies, lenses, backs and software...sorry, don't believe that will ever happen....i love my phase back, but C1 is on its way out and i don't ever see it coming back, compared to LR....that's the way it goes.....will this new phase camera be the best camera ever? seriously doubt it, but if it gives me a 3rd, more contemporary option to the 645 and the RZ, i will definitely get one....
also: the 3 year 24hr thing (like sinar with the Hy6) really sounds great....
anyway i am hoping it will be a mini RZ, which i am pretty sure it won't be....oh well...