Originally posted by bobell69 Why does a mirrorless camera have to be small? Pentax may very well be the only camera company that eventually comes out with a fully featured, full frame mirrorless camera that knocks the socks off of the rest of the photographic industry. With the K01 they are half way there.
FF mirrorless?
Canon and Nikon won't
Panasonic and Olympus are locked into M4/3
Fuji are locked into X mount (I don't know if that mount can support FF; I think not)
That just leaves Sony and Pentax. The Sony E mount is FF compatible, but I don't think any of the already-limited E glass can provide an image circle for FF.
That leaves only Pentax. Sensor prices are only going one way: down. It's just a matter of time until FF mirrorless is under US$1K, and blowing away all the smaller sensor competition in IQ, DR, low light, and DOF control.
I think this is very significant.
The best image quality out of a reasonably compact system will come from only one company: Pentax.