Originally posted by Fontan But, since Pentax blew off the whole notion that the mirrorlesses are meant to be smaller,
Pentax totally embraced the idea that mirrorless cameras are supposed to be smaller -they introduced the Q (and everyone said it was too small!).
Originally posted by Fontan It would have been nice to have a line up of three lenses or so. It would have shown their apparent commitment to the concept stronger. It would have translated to better marketing, that is for sure.
Agreed. I gave all hope of understanding Pentax marketing long ago.
Originally posted by Fontan Because they are so stuck on k mount, I think it gives them excuses not to develop new lenses for a new body.
I think a problem with the K-01 is the perception that it's a mirrorless that happens to be K-mount, when really it's a K-mount without a mirror. They clearly reused existing parts from the dSLR line (mount, sensor, processor, SR gear, display, battery, firmware code) to make a smaller, cheaper K that explores the no-mirror concept. Is it a bad concept? At this point, it looks like yes. If they had stopped with "smaller, cheaper", it might have been more successful, but then they got Marc Newson to dress it up and priced it like a designer item and - flop. ("lipstick" and "pig" come to mind, except that it can make darned good bacon!)
It's been said before that Pentax doesn't have the resources to run a third mount/lens line in between the Q and the K, and if the industry trend from APS-C towards FF continues, staying with their existing FF mount isn't such a bad idea.