Originally posted by Kunzite You folks are discussing ways to compromise the camera in order to include something I do not want
There can be no EVF-next-to-OVF; nor sliding mechanism or other such things that would almost double the size of the pentaprism housing.
The solution would have to be much simpler. Perhaps as simple as sticking a display system to the pentaprism.
Well, I think the whole point is how can Pentax do something to make their next cameras stand out. If they could do some type of hybrid OVF/EVF or could put some type of module in the auto focus system that would do eye auto focus, that certainly would help. Some of the ideas on this thread are clearly not feasible.
That said, I would hesitate to make too much of a big deal about the viewfinder. I just don't think most photographers focus that much on that and buy more based on other features that they think they will need (price/megapixels/frame rate/video) and the viewfinder is more of an afterthought. The only people who think about viewfinders a lot are the faithful posters on Forums like this one.