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>it's more expensive than every other entry level full fledged dslr
If you look at the feature set and apparent build quality, it's positioned slightly above an entry level DSLR. Also consider it's the only camera of its type (EVF with interchangeable lenses) and the only other non-SLR digital camera with interchangeable lenses in current production is $5,495. They've got a damn big bit of wiggle room in their pricing.
Would it be nice if it was cheaper? Yes. Is there probably a pretty big margin in their? Yes. But it's not that much, and price doesn't make something fail. Is the Hasselblad H3D fail?
>it has no advantage over the classic system
Besides what AC mentioned, it has an EVF (which some of us, though admittedly we're a minority, prefer), and a bigger finder than any crop DSLR, and the same size as a 1Ds Mk. II (not a typo, III is larger) or D3.
Beyond the typical delicious magnified manual focus, visual exposure preview, adjustable brightness, in-viewfinder live histogram metering, and 100% finder (cheapest DSLR with this is a D300) of an EVF, there's a variety of neat features Panasonic has put into this one that are literally impossible on any SLR. Go read DP Review to find out about them.
It has a swivel LCD, which AFAIK among entry-level DSLRs only Sony has.
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