I agree. One of my particular disappointments was Leica, which showed nothing new, announced nothing new, hinted at nothing new, except an absurd titanium M9, now called (by skeptics) the M9-Tit. Some have said that it is beautiful, and it should be, for two-and-a-half times a similarly functional M9. And, of course, it is a tit.
I do like the Nikon D7000 and the new Pentax, which are almost twin cameras, aside from the differences in their image stabilization systems. If the hard-nosed Pentax reviews are good enough, I will be tempted to try it with my pancakes (I no longer have a Pentax body, just the lenses.)
The Fuji, which has put some people in rapture, caused me to yawn. Yeah, it looks like it was made in 1957. So what?
There was some interesting news about the Pentax MF 645 -- and that is, it will apparently be coming to the US, maybe by the end of the year. Unfortunately for me, I have no interest in MF.
Yeah, Canon...(another yawn.) I thought it was already set in stone that a new 1DsIV was coming, and that it would be ~30mp. I would like to know what happened there.
The PK clarified some things for me -- that I've got to get myself sorted out. I'm currently carrying three camera systems (Nikon, Leica and Panasonic m4/3), plus the lenses (Pentax) for a fourth. I think the Leica may be going away, an increasingly easy decision. I think the system has little left for me. I'll probably keep the Nikon, because I've got so much invested in it, as my "heavy" system. I'm then left with the choice between the quite small Pentax, with a system of primes, and the Panasonic. No clue what to do there...it'd be easier if Pentax had any kind of retail presence in the US.
JC