friend saw new hvx...

[fish_antlers]

at a seminar ... std with wide angle lens, greater latitude... physically smaller ... said it looked cool!

 

[Luis Caffesse]

If it's physically smaller then he probably saw the HPX170.
You can read all about it in the articles section:

http://www.dvxuser.com/articles/hpx170/

http://www.dvxuser.com/articles/article.php/12