Originally posted by rparmar Being different is not a strategy; it is an excuse for not being better. Every other company is excelling in one way or another while ALSO being different. What is Pentax doing?
i wouldn't define an OMD as different myself Robin. It is nice but it's also the development of a long time in the mirrorless market. and it's really not a revolutionary design at all just a rehash of a design they made 20 year + ago updated for the digital age - certainly it is a good enough camera but personally i don't see it being anything groundbreaking at this point - If I was looking at it Panasonic's announcement that they had a high end m4/3 under development would have me in wait and see mode since they do better with the sensors than Oly does (not too mention Oly really is still in a disastrous mess at the moment and the camera division is the biggest money loser - they've been good at abandoning things in the past - see the OM line for instance than the 4/3 line....doesn't inspire confidence in me and I always liked the shooting the OM's when i had the chance and I own a 4/3 from them (the e300 which isn't a lot different in size from the K-01 actually with it's odd VF mounted on the left side and no prism)
The K-01 is the first in what will likely be a line of apsc mirrorless and was not targeted at anyone on the forum. Personally i would not be surprised to see it to reasonably well just not with the crowd here for the most part. I do think that a lot of what comes from its development when applied to a more serious MILC will be more pleasing to the enthusiast crow.
I really think Hoya did squat on development last year this being the last project before the deal with Ricoh was signed. then it got delayed (probably more due to sensor issues than Hoya)
I don't however think you are ever going to see m4/3 sized apsc milcs from Pentax that would require the use of a clunky adapter like the Sony. It'll be the Q line or the K line
and the best stuff will still be in the DSLR line (I would expect at least 3 more DSLR this year but a second MILC won't likely come until next year)
Ricoh does seem to be serious about the business but at this point aside from reviving some shelved products i don't believe we've seen much that really shows their hand. And we won't probably until Photokina (aside from a spring KR replacement - probably a K-01 feature set in a kr level body)