Originally posted by nosnoop Who would want that? Not me.
I want a slim EVIL body, not a DSLR sized camera with the mirror removed!
if they make a FF, I would. besides, there would definitely be an improvement with regards to FPS, more effective shake and blur control due to the elimination of the mirror slap, much stable and longer video recording time rather than having to settle for a few minutes of recording due to a overheating sensor, I can also see an improvement with regards to AF-C fps shooting. although it would be nice to have a slim body, and I admit that, if you are considering using the pancake lenses on them exclusively for ease of use. but you must also consider the other lenses that you are going to mount on it as well. and I dont think that all people would just shoot with the pancake lenses but bigger ones as well. in that scenario where people would want a better balance with their camera and big lens, a bigger body would suffice.
anyway, I dont think it would still be technically correct to say mirrorless dslr since you already removed the reflex part of the mechanism and also replacing the OVF with EVF. it is technically an APS-C EVIL body already.
all we can hope is that Pentax would be able to copy what Fuji has done with regards to their VF. if they are able to do that, then I can't see any problem with it.
for me, building an adapter would sound good as far as full usability with bigger lenses is concerned, but I'm doubtful that the AF operation will be as fast and as fluid. not to mention such extension would somehow make the camera itself longer. and finally, my feeling on this proposed adapter is that it would definitely be costly. my take is around $600-$700.