Following some clarifications as there came up lot of speculations why, when, etc:
1) the only reason I would want to replace my Hasselblad is to get the S2. This one is smaller, better suited for my needs as landscape photographer and I found out myself - which BTW no one was able to tell me - that 40MP are more than sufficient for even 3 x 2 meter size prints. And if you stitch which I do quite often then even better!
I also know from a very good friend who had the H3D50 and then added the S2, that he finally preferred the S2, namely because of the great glass and the IQ results and finally sold off all H gear! Please no discussion which is better H or S, this is not the point, the issue is which one better suits your needs!
2) DSLR - I shot Canon, Sony Olympus and Nikon - currently D700 - because opposed to Jono and some others here I did NOT like the colors coming from the A900 and always had to correct them - obviously opposite to the taste of Jono and the likes who prefer the Sony look. This is fine but it shows we should never draw conclusions from our own preferences to the preferences of others.
I fully agree that the A900 (A850) are the cheapest and highest res FF DSLRs. What I am missing are high speed primes (1.4, 1.2) which seem never to happen - Nikon was very late, but for me they have now a very good lineup.
I also bought into Sony because of the legendary Zeiss glass - do not tell me how good Zeiss glass is (or could be), I shot it on Contax SLR, Hasselblad and Contax 645. Now this humble belief unfortunately screwed me with the Zeiss glass for A900. I was NOT happy (I compared to Nikkor's) as it was not better, sometimes had more flaws than the comparable Nikkor's and the handling of the Sony/Zeiss haptic design is simply not working well for me - say I prefer to touch Nikkor glass. Again my subjective feeling, but this is the way it is.
Now see one difference here - I do not tell Jono that he is wrong that he prefers Sony - I am just stating that I like something else more. For now!
3) E5 and 43. I loved my E1, simply sold it because they took too long for increasing MPs. And yes, I needed more than just 5MP. Then I went back into 43 with the E3, I was really burned with my E3 because I had constant AF problems. And I was the bad guy in these times because I was told nobody else had these problems. Well go onto the Oly forums today and you will find several threads reporting the out of focus AF from E3 in combination with some Zuiko's. This is also the reason why Oly finally introduced AF adjustment in the E30 and now the E5. Surprised? Ask me, I unvoluntarily went through all that stuff.
Now is the E5 good? I think so from what I have seen. Is it good for me? Depends on my preferences and camera setup and if I stay with H or buy S and sell all Nikon and add E5 instead. If the E system works, then I know I can expect fines results.
4) I think that I am even not as bad WRT to being a gear slut as Jono
- Jono you are shooting M9, X1, A900, you had E3, M43, Sony NEX, Nikon etc. and now you are playing with Pentax ???? How does that fit into "only 1 or 2 systems forever ..." credo? Be honest it does not!
We are all trying to find the right gear for what we think is right for us. And we are all in different phases of our photographic life. As long as we pay that all from our own money (be it private or professional) this is perfectly ok. Even if we just start buying and selling equipment for simply owning it and playing around this is ok.
But one thing we should try to keep up is dignity. Let other's have fun and think what they think without jumping too much on them. Finally all we discuss here is about equipment which is all perfect, has all its usual flaws and id pretty close if compared. No need to get into religious fights or try to "understand" another person, as most of the decisions and likes here are just personal views of the photographic world and many of us do not even have to make a living form this.
So lets have fun!
And you all could just setup a bet which will be my next system - no one knows, not even myself :deadhorse: