Wow, I've not been on this forum in many months. Glad to see it isn't in the cyber-dump.
Anyway, I went out to the beach last night for sunset. Trusty A2 and monopod in hand, the more I used it, the more I got really, really angry there isn't ever going to be an A4 or B2 or whatever. Lordy, so versatile!
I set it on Manual exposure and focus, no post shot pic view. In the rapidly changing lighting conditions, some with severe back lighting, it was just a matter of turning those wheels, or a quick contrast adjustment. No exposure delay, bird wings stopped in flight. No noise like an SLR. Discreet. Often got camera ready aiming towards nothing and then a quick pivot on the monopod when someone did what I was hoping for. No one the wiser. I found that I could look at the EVF with one eye and the scene with the other and make quick, perfect exposure and contrast matches with the real world.
Being lighter and smaller than the typical DSLR's I've seen means it does fine as a carry along family photo camera. The video function means I use my video camera a lot less.
I've owned the D7, D7UG, the A1, and the A2. Best cameras ever made, for me.