"This megapixel crapola is now becoming a marketing thing."
Perhaps. But when Polaroid introduced their 4000dpi scanner, at least two
reviewers remarked that, although the scanner provided higher resolution
than was theoretically required, there was nevertheless a significant
improvement in scan quality.
Ignoring the issues of cost and storage space, you can't have "too much"
resolution. This is especially true if you want cropping flexibility.
Remember, this Canon uses a full-frame sensor. That puts pressure on other
manufacturers to provide a similar body. And if the Canon takes standard
Canon 35mm lenses (and why would Canon introduce a full-frame-sensor body if
it couldn't?), Zuikophiles will have a strong argument to force Olympus to
"go and do likewise."
Naturally, Olympus wants customers to buy all-new lenses -- but not from
Canon! If you have to abandon the lenses you already own, you might as well
abandon the brand -- especially when Canon lenses are still being
manufactured, and will also fit a wide range of film bodies (also still
being manufactured).
It seems to me Olympus no longer has a choice. If it doesn't provide a
full-frame body that takes OM lenses, hundreds of thousands of OM owners
will switch to another brand for digital imaging.
One of the biggest arguments in favor of a small full-frame Olympus digital
SLR that takes OM lenses is the existing "library" of compact, high-speed
lenses. Photographic film keeps getting faster, finer-grained, and sharper.
It's going to be a long time -- if ever -- before electronic sensors catch
up. Those tiny little f/2 Zuikos would be very useful on a digital body.
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