decay # 35 ~ come on, Olympus, get on with it

Tomato paste, lemon, & corks • click to embiggenAfter but a few short hours with the EP-1 I have come to several conclusions about the thing.
First and foremost, it makes an absolutely first-class picture - noticeably superior in every way to those made by the E-3 or any other Olympus DSLR. According to a number of reviews, the sensor in the EP-1:
The Olympus E-P1's technology compares quite well to other similarly priced digital SLRs, and also to some that are more expensive and higher resolution ... the point here is that the Olympus E-P1 virtually eliminates the advantage that APS-C has had over Four Thirds ...
Now, to be certain, I have never been very concerned with "the advantage that APS-C has had over Four Thirds" simply because, for my picture making purposes, the pictures produced by my various Oly DSLRs (and my prodigious Photoshop / printing skills) have been much more than adequate, thank you very much. As anyone who follows The Landscapist knows, I am not known to wax poetic about the technical quality of a picture. What matters for me and what I do wax poetic about is the poetic qualities to be found in a picture.
It should be noted that, when I state that the image files from the EP-1 are "noticeably superior in every way to those made by the E-3 or any other Olympus DSLR", what I mean is that although the average non-photographer viewer of my pictures will never, ever notice a difference between my E-3 prints and those from the EP-1, the EP-1 image files themselves are much easier to work with than the E-3 files are in order to obtain the printed results than I want.
Although, that said, I am now faced with a tempest-in-a-teapot dilemma of sorts. Without question , the E-3 is the far superior piece of equipment but the EP-1 produces image files that are "better".
So, now what?
The EP-1 is, quite simply, not an E-3 / E-30 replacement. As an example, I can't even imagine putting my 50-200mm lens on the EP-1 - not unless I can attach the camera strap to the lens because otherwise I would worry that the weight of the lens would rip the lens right off the camera body. And, example # 2, whereas the E-3 is weather-sealed, the EP-1 is not.
At this point in time I can only imagine the EP-1 as an ultimate walking-around camera - with the 17mm pancake or the 20mm pancake attached it is a terrific picturing making machine.
So, now what?
I guess I am condemned to waiting for Olympus to just slap the new sensor into an existing E-3 / E-30 body. What could be more simple or make more sense than that, right? Which means that it probably won't happen - no, Olympus (not unlike every other camera maker on the planet) will most likely dick around for the next year or so developing a new marketing-driven body to house the new sensor.
