I realize this is an ancient, antique thread from a thousand years ago or more, but couldn't help chiming in: I actually just bought an old but almost pristine E-P1, with the 17mm pancake lens, and the cool VF-1 (non-EVF) viewfinder. Bought it from a fellow photographer up in Canada who was in the process of cleaning out his overcrowded photo shelves, so it hasn't actually reached me yet. My initial main reason for the purchase was the lens - I had a copy of the 17mm f/2.8 a million years ago and loved it, but sold it unaccountably....and recently found myself missing the 35mm equivalent FOV. So initially I was just looking for the lens. But the camera itself has a certain classical elegance to it. And I have a close friend who is mainly an analog photographer but also shoots digital from time to time, and has the identical camera/lens combination. He always swears that there's something about the E-P1 in terms of its abilities to render color which is superior to the subsequent generations of digital Pens; and having owned several other digital Pens, I can't help but wonder....whether he might, God forbid, be partially right.
I hope to find out when the camera arrives. Stay tuned for further updates....