I guess now that there's an official poll (not nearly as funny as mine, Adam
), I thought it'd be interesting to summarize the poll results so far.
It's roughly divided 25%, 50%, 25% which is an interesting distribution. The official poll has similar results (basically a hump in the middle, but the edges are higher and more even than you'd expect). The edges being higher than you'd expect show the polarizing love/hate feel I predicted.
Contrast this to the K-7 or K-5 which was probably more like 50, 30, 10 (the 10 being people who had large hands who eventually liked it w/ the battery grip) distribution. The K-7 size was relatively revolutionary at the time (small pro-build DSLR body w/ ultra quiet shutter).
Now that the official specs are out, I'm glad they decided to support the K mount (the biggest selling point IMHO) but I'm disappointed the XS lenses only work on the K-01 (though I'd hope they'll work on the K-5 successor). The video improvement was much needed and hopefully the 81 AF point system will see a big improvement in AF-C; I'm looking forward to both in the K-5 successor). I still hate the scuba breathing tube and the ridged surface unfortunately and the weird cutout on the lower left of the squarish block where you mount the lenses. It'll get a lot of chatter because it looks different, but it unfortunately doesn't look sleek or even retro (Fuji's x-pro1 is more attractive for a retro camera). It definitely follows the Pentax motto of "Be Different" and I hope it sells well...
The first hands-on video is pretty funny...the guy is struggling not to call it ugly