Originally Posted by pingflood 
I really doubt Pentax truly want people to use old lenses either; they make money off people buying new glass. Sure, it's nice to give lip service to the old stuff, but if they REALLY wanted people to use the Pentax bodies for that, why not give them a fully functional K mount?
this is why I suggested that they put out such a body as an alternative niche style camera... something to compete with the G1 and the upcoming new 'PEN' people are buying these for the retro look, feel and general use. not to mention the ability to use manual lenses (dont know about the PEN). I never gave a thought about Pentax converting from K mount to a modern M42 across their entire range.
I truly believe that a smaller, 'retro' styled digital SLR body with a fully functional FF m42 mount would cause a shitstorm among consumers. you would have pentax, canon, nikon, olympus, etc fans all clambering for such a body to use the plethora of m42 lenses available. like it or not, old ideas on body and lens design are coming back into fashion and pentax would be smart to cash in on a segment that they could easily dominate, while still retaining the K mount. we know they can, at least style wise do it, (the AP 50th Anniversary Edition) they already have the engineering aspect down for the m42, and its clear (has been for a long time) that pentax has the ability to make a smaller lighter weight camera than the competition. they could do it, easily....
of course Takumar prices would go through the roof....