Originally posted by Eigengrau Sometimes I think I'm the only one who isn't interested at all in EVIL cameras. I just can't see myself spending significant money on a camera that doesn't have a real, optical viewfinder. Plus, Pentax already does pretty good with the small-and-light market by having all of their tiny primes.
Personally, I'm much more interested in an updated K-7. The K-7 is already very, very attractive, and if they release a "K-7 Super" with, say, slightly better high ISO and low-to-mid ISO DR, it would be such a nice upgrade from my K10D that it's hard to resist.
But that, and possibly an FF, is what they need to serve us middle-aged and older men and women who have used or at least known Pentax since at least 20 years ago. To be able to continue attracting the interest from the younger generations that they have spurred with the K-x, I think there's no way around entering the EVIL/viewfinder-less market. And presumably NOT with an EVIL, but with a GF1/E-P1-type camera, that's what's selling right now.
..and if they manage to release such a system with an adapter which allows screw-drive AF of K-mount lenses, I'll be very tempted to buy it as a second body. If they manage that, they don't really need to have that many lenses. Maybe a tiny kit zoom and a 20-30 mm pancake to start with. If it were possible to use e.g. the DA70, DA40 or DA35 with AF with an adapter, they'll have an enormously attractive system.