Originally posted by Uluru To put it in another perspective; if and when the FF Pentax camera comes out, every single manufacturer on Earth will have one FF body already. Even Casio will have one. And even the iPhone 5ff. Thus, to clearly differentiate itself from the rest of the crowd, and to be really interesting (that's their motto, right?), Pentax will show they have made one, but then scrap it in front of our eyes because they really don't want to be like everyone else ..
And from his back pocket, Noboru Akabane will pull out a .. Q-nano!, which utilises specially designed 1mm diagonal CMOS sensor and a whole lineup of 32 lenses, each of a size of a green pea, and all weighting together a mere 56 grams!
I've been off the forum for some time but had to jump in. I'm on the bandwagon for FF and am also really frustrated with this exact thing....the almost fanatical way some companies, including Pentax, keep marketing smaller and smaller cameras! Geez guys! Some of us have bigger hands! For crying out loud, the ergo on a Q is horrible! I have to have a battery grip for my K-5 or I can't hold the thing comfortably...or more importantly, reliably!!
The reason I have been a loyal Pentax shooter for so many years was because they made tanks....something with substance...something that could take a beating. And I'm a landscape shooter that doesn't mind hauling a tank into the field. It's saved my a*s many times. My K1000 took many a tumble without issue.
And now many of the folks I write articles for are recommending I get a FF camera because it's a "professional big boys" camera. Doesn't matter that my image quality is no different, maybe even better, than some of those FF guys. You can't argue with bias. And bias pays the bills.
Size matters folks! It goes for bodies and for sensors!
....end rant.