Mirrorless Rumors

Why? I like it and I put it in the comments before too

I’m not sure why you like those phones. Let’s hope that the K-mount In no way resembles those horrid phones or the 2006 prototyp on the outside. The interface of the phones does look simple and easy to navigate, perhaps Marc will have a role designing the camera’s UI.

The K-5 is indeed a compact camera that offers all the goodies of a D7000 and 7D without the bulk. I hope Pentax can put APS-C in an E-PL2 sized body. Before that, NEXs still have the best design.

The prototype is really ugly, and also looks pretty un-ergonomic. But I like the idea of using the area round the mount as part of the camera’s controls. Executed in a more refined way than in this prototype, it’s a good idea – may as well use that great big protrusion required for the K-mount flange distance positively!

A new lens range which ‘sinks into’ the throat of the K-mount (while allowing normal K-mount lenses to be attached in the usual way) is also an interesting idea, as it will make the camera similar in size to any other mirrorless + lens combination. (Having our cake and eating it, in other words)!

That mirrorless prototype is not from 2006. It’s from 1997. At least according to this blog post: http://pentaxdslrs.blogspot.com/2010/11/timing-is-everything-important-facts.html , and it seems like he knows what he’s talking about.

At that time, it would probably have been more of a “concept camera” than a prototype for a real product, but still, not a good indicator of how a current/future pentax mirrorless would look. The way I remember it, everything was ugly in the 90s.