[mlt]

Spoiler: It's not rockets, the screen becomes a drone. It doubles as an airborne camera as well. Wedding photographers will love it.

They also use it to determine focus distance to help with AF. I've seen secret footage of a replicated DPReview AF test where the detached screen kept hovering over the biker's head (just out of frame) and kept signalling the correct distance to the camera. Every shot in focus. Every single one.

EDIT: Yes, gatorguy and MikeyBug95, all those boxes are ticked.


That's why the camera will be called "K-9".

Breaking news .. Ricoh is dissing cats. Pentax not suitable for facebook cat picts, Pentax is doomed

[MikeyBugs95]

Probably won’t pass the shower test

At least the rider will have something to wash with after the bike test.

[monochrome]

Many of us can't afford a dedicated camera for action photography. Or even if we can, many don't want to carry an extra body around with us.

Moreover, I want the versatility of a fully-articulating screen rather than the less flexible screens on the KP and K1.

Not putting a fully-articulating screen on the top of the range camera is a bit like saying you can have air conditioning on a base model car but not on the top of the range!

Actually, all digital cameras have an LCD, just as all cars now have AC. Premium cars have multi-zone, individually managed climate control systems. Basic cars have cold air coming out of all the vents.

No matter which brand, your requirement will limit your choices. I don’t believe Flagship requires an articulating nor even moveable screen. A fully articulating screen is a consumer feature. Cameras are compromises, built with features to support a specific purpose. Selfies are not a primary use purpose for a premium camera.

Pentax made this decision for a reason, whatever reason it is. Apparently they don’t believe this camera needs a moveable screen. I certainly have no use for a fully articulating video/selfie screen. K-1 and KP satisfy all my screen needs.

[tvdtvdtvd]

There have to be six or eight people who have a cabinet full of legacy manual focus zooms that they want to do 1960s style sport shooting

Sounds like the basis for a crowd funding project......

[tvdtvdtvd]

I'm stunned anyone would want a car or a suv, ute's are the go man

Isn't a 'ute' a young child?

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[tmlawes]

Many of us can't afford a dedicated camera for action photography. Or even if we can, many don't want to carry an extra body around with us.

Moreover, I want the versatility of a fully-articulating screen rather than the less flexible screens on the KP and K1.

Not putting a fully-articulating screen on the top of the range camera is a bit like saying you can have air conditioning on a base model car but not on the top of the range!

Pentax can add me to the list of users that don't mind the fixed back screen. I thought that I would like having a non-fixed screen, however, I think I can count on one hand the times that I've actually used it on my K1-II. Most of those were to just check out the feature, otherwise, it has just stayed put. If the new camera doesn't have a "pop-out" screen, I'll still buy it.

I mainly do bird photography, however, so an action-oriented APSC camera is what I've been wanting. I love the IQ and have found the focus speed of the K1-II excellent under most conditions, but I find myself missing the extra megapixels in crop mode while photographing birds and occasionally run up against limits of the buffer write speed. I also have the K-3, and always found the noise level and detail loss above ISO 800 a major drawback. I love the K1-II for its low light abilities, and I am really looking forward to seeing what the new flagship APSC camera can do.

[Class A]

Ricoh is dissing cats.

True. The DPReview "review" will state that it is "this time not large, but still intimidating (for cats)".

[tvdtvdtvd]

What is this?

Ooo, I know that one.

Pentax Blancmange!

[MMVIII]

KP on the left. I'm not convinced the scale is respected.

I looks like Image based modelling has been applied using images of the prototype under glass. If applied correctly the scale can easily be assigned by indicating some measures of the mount. By all this effort put into this I'm pretty sure it has been considered. There can still be a downscaling during the printing process, but I also doubt that. It might be missing some mm at the bottom as this might have been hard to see if the photos are from a standing object.
I assume this comparison might be quite accurate:

Size comparison with the K-3

[MikeyBugs95]

Pentax can add me to the list of users that don't mind the fixed back screen. I thought that I would like having a non-fixed screen, however, I think I can count on one hand the times that I've actually used it .... If the new camera doesn't have a "pop-out" screen, I'll still buy it.

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Ditto for me. I went from a K-70 to a K-3II and I barely miss the flippy screen. There are some times where I would definitely like to have one, like when I'm doing an attempt at astro but otherwise, I'm fine with the fixed screen.

[ffking]

probably flippy screen use is correlated strongly with tripod use, hich for me is pretty much the only time I use live view and I often set the camera in unciomfotably high or l positions to get my eye to the viewfinder - but when I'm doing action or wildlife or street or macro or just casual photography I dont use a tripod and I use the viefinder almost exclusively

[Larrymc]

What is this?

Twitter

Looks like a Pentax bar of APSC Soap.

[Not a Number]

Looks like a Pentax bar of APSC Soap.

Prototype vs mock-up

[Larrymc]

Prototype vs mock-up

Well actually its the real Soap......not a prototype!

[Belnan]

THis will be a very very long thread

This one may set a new record.