Originally posted by vonBaloney Holding/aiming the Q with a big lens on it not on a tripod is extremely tough. (Like any mirrorless, but with a big heavy lens on the front with only a tiny speck of a faraway spot in the view, forget it.) If you added an LCD viewer so you could put it to your eye it would help that substantially. (Which is what I've done on my K-01, but not yet on my Q because you have to modify a viewer for a different camera as there isn't one that will go straight on a Q, at least last I checked.) It also makes you look like a dork if there are people around, which bothers some people...
Man, I don't care what others think; in fact, one of the advantages of the current Pentax line is that they look like toys, so no one would take me too seriously, so perhaps I could do my thing without much "supervision".
I was under the impression that several viewers, including one by Hoodman, would fit on the Q because it has a "standard" 3" LCD, but as I have said, all of this is theoretical for me, and I keep hoping that the next variant (Q-S2 perhaps) will have a built-in EVF or an EVF option.
Yes, in the case of a Q, you almost would have a camera body mounted on a lens, instead of the normal lens mounted on a camera body. Have you tried the old-fashioned pose of holding the lens with your left hand and body with your right hand? (we've kind of gotten away from that because of not wanting to interfere with the focusing mechanism). As I said before, I'd be interested in playing with various options if I decide to actually buy a Q; of course, if I stick with buying a K-mount lens to use with it, I haven't necessarily lost anything since I could always use the lens on the K-50 that I haven't bought either.