Originally posted by Laurentiu Cristofor Resources? Canon built a camera with two lenses. This required much less effort than what Pentax has been spending on 645D, Q, K-01 and their dedicated lenses. Pentax had the resources, but lacked the vision.
Speaking of vision, I don't think the K-01 represents the MILC vision either. It is probably an old concept from 3 years ago when people were still getting excited at the idea of a smaller camera body to pair with the Limiteds that still seemed tiny at that time. Except this concept didn't get adjusted to account for the competition of the MILC systems that were being introduced, so it reached us in its immaculate original form and thus was DOA.
I do think that Canon has many more lenses in the works though. Since they came into this relatively late in the game, I think they want to test the water before they commit to a rather broad range of lens line up.
As to Pentax lacking the vision, I have to agree with that. But strangely, I became rather fond of this camera, although I have no intention of buying for the time being. When and if the price came down to $300 range in the next year or two, I may buy for the hell of it.
Conceptually though I just question the motivation behind this camera. Is hanging onto the K mount that attractive as a strategy? I am not so sure. Then the surge in lens price came after the release of K-01. Hm . . . . Makes very little sense to me. It seems like they are shooting their own nuts off in the process, really.
If they came out with FF mirrorless with some kind of a viewfinder, then I would definitely buy some new lenses to go with it. I am sure there are takes out there who would gladly buy my FA ltds . . . .