Originally posted by DonDouglas One thing I would wish everyone could be wrong about is the assumption that the next thing is an EVIL camera and the only question is whether Pentax will or will not jump on that particular bandwagon. What about a rangefinder? To have the same flange focal distance as an EVIL camera, but with traditional rangefinder focusing ā la Leica M (or, more practically, Contax G), would be great. Unfortunately, I doubt people are wrong in this case.
When K-7 came out, engineers who were involved in developing K-7 were interviewed on this Japanese digital photo magazine, and in it, one was quoted as saying that they have been "looking" into EVIL format for "quite some time," but there was not anything that excited the engineers on the market at the time. They just didn't sound too enthusiastic. THey offered the same sentiment in regards to FF. THe time was not right for them, another was quoted on the same article.
Interestingly, one engineer said that they are even looking to film camera, as they think that there will be a revival. Ah, going off topic, so i will shut up.