Originally posted by biz-engineer Because when in liveview mode, the K1 is mirrorless and even shutterless when EFCS is enabled, those are optional, while on a mirrorless camera those are mandatory, if you want to use a mirror, you can't, but if people want no mirror why not sell them what they want, that's the difference between marketing and engineering.
While I agree with you and that's a good thing, many people envision EVF and smaller form factor as potential benefit of mirrorless and this is typically only seen if there no mirror at all. (even if I guess you could have both EVF and OVF).
I can only say from trying some FF OVF that this is pleasure to use and from the fiew EVF I tried, that the experience isn't the same. It was not K1 FF, as there no many to try in shops where I live but I perfectly get that K1 and FF DSLR have a place.
But mirrorless have a place too. I really hope for myself that I'd be able to buy a mirrorless from pentax. That's something I would buy if:
- it has effective AF performance at least at the level of K3. Meaning K70 AF in liveview is not good enough.
- It is significantly smaller/lighter than my current K3.
- It has a good viewfinder.
- It is 24MP+ APSC or why not 36MP+ FF with good cropping mode experience in EVF. I'll think a bit of 24MP FF as 10MP APSC crop would be a bit limited.
The price is not that important, as long as I feel it match the feature set.