neoclassic: will it work?

so the whole neoclassic look is starting to surface... first it was olympus that came out with a concept that was pretty interesting - it was a mix of analog looks with digital guts and a nice fitted leather shell to round out the old school aesthetics. it looks like nikon has come out with a similar concept but this is aimed more downmarket (the olympus one had a classic rangefinder look which would have been in the 500+ range for sure. but my guess is that this one would be more mass market and in the 350+ range... since the guts of the camera would probably retail for around 250-300.

i definitely like the concept... the only probably with neoclassic design is that digital camera lifecycles are too short these days and cameras as an "investment" is no longer true. so getting a non-transferable nicely fitted leather case either built in or on top of the camera seem a bit of a waste.

but i guess we'll see... i am happy that cameras are coming out with some more innovative design.