With a "live-view" arrangement in the forthcoming camera I can see how leaf lenses would work, but I doubts about the AFD II. Mirror goes up before leaf lens does its business? That's some serious precision timing, plus major black out times in the view finder. The signal to the strobes needs to be carefully timed, so the leaf lens would need electronic feedback into the camera so tell the camera CPU to send the signal to flash socket. On top of this, with mirror-up how does AF function? I'm with Graham on this one, the new camera will probably have a nice execution, but I'm skeptical when it comes to the AFD II family.
I know I'm in the minority on this one, but I hope to see a ZD II camera w/ the 3" LCD screen, faster throughputs & image review and a Phase P25+ or P30+ sensor. For how I shoot the integrated ZD camera is easier to travel with and manage. I would also love to see some type multi-point AF focus system. Even 5 points would be a huge improvement. And who are these new European lenses? Did Zeiss sign up, or maybe Leica? Imagine if it turned out to be Zeiss - that's like the Contax 645AF re-invented assuming the lenses are auto-focus.
I've been flip-flopping on whether to buy a MF set-up for the past 12 months, so at this point waiting another 6 months is no big deal. I just hope 6 months doesn't turn into 9, then 12, then 18...