If this is where photography is going then count me in

Apparently Sony announced a new mirrorless SLR at PMA 2010.  Some screenshots of the user interface have just been released.
The one that set my heart all a-flutter was this one:

For bokeh geeks, this is pure manna. This means you're no longer solely dependent on getting those f/1.4 & f/1.2 lenses in order to blur the background.  Of course, this kind of effect has always been available on photoshop (by applying a duplicate layer with lens blur then painting through to the parts you want in-focus) but that process is slow and not available to all photographers.  Another cool feature is that the mode dial now appears to be physically removed from the camera and placed on the LCD touchscreen as a virtual dial:

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