Originally posted by cali92rs I disagree regarding the Nikon lacking imagination assumption. I think the 1 series can be a great platform if it were priced correctly.
Talking about novel...
I saw a Samsung Galaxy camera this weekend at my local Best Buy. Now that is
imaginative in my mind. Samsung knows the trend in digital photography is leaning more and more toward small mobile network connected cameras. It started when cell phone makers began putting digital camera units into their devices. Samsung went the other way - they are starting to put cell phones into their digital cameras! Laugh at it all you want now but I think in 5 to 10 years we'll see a whole new breed of cameras and phones in the market.
Granted, I didn't take this camera on a field trip so I can't say how well everything works from the interface to the optics but the idea is novel.
Personally, I don't want Pentax to be "first", "novel", "big", or "unique". I just want them to be "great" and produce an "excellent" line up of cameras from DSLRs to dinky P&S with the "right" features. In my mind they are an optics/camera company that uses whatever electronics suits their plans. They are not an electronics company fishing for optics.