Originally posted by Bunch I think the K-3II is geared towards people that want to take top-level photos, that's why they're buying a flagship. They want to be able to take the best photos possible, and my guess would be those photos almost never contain an pop-up flash. Get a KS2 if it's that important to you. If you get a K-3II because you presumably want to take top quality photos no way in hell you're using the on-board flash.
I'am not sure that because you have a flagship you don't want your gear to be conveniant or practical. It is not because you have a flagship you'll only take picture on a tripod and a whole lighting system worth twice the price of the camera... Because you want to take "top-level" photos.
People go hiking, on vacation. They just want to wander arround take a few shoot or keep light! Everybody is different and even the same person will have different need in different conditions.
For me as an example the rationnale for buying K3 was the better AF. I wanted good off center AF point and the K3 AF is incredibly better than K5. I would have had a rationnale to buy a K3-II with a better OBF flash, maybe wifi even, an articulating LCD. I would buy a "limited" body small and light (even with no flash this time) and with EVF but small and light and all metal go with my limited primes.
I'am not interrested at all in pixel shift or astrotracer that 2 things to do with a tripod and while I have a nice one I tend to prefer to take a walk, visit a city and take picture on the go, even taking my time than setting up the tripod. I do have a flash, a Metz and I get it for event and so own but not so much when I'am on vacation. It the onboard flash can help me I'am not going to despise it, even counting I paid high money for my camera. I don't see paying high money as an argument to have less in fact. This doesn't seems that logical to me.
So the question is more what is more interresting to bundle... We will see what people do prefer... Time will tell. And we will see if Pentax stop adding OBF or not in future bodies.