Originally posted by monochrome i thought I heard the flippy screen would add depth to the K-new and they strove to make it slimmer than KP.
It would be a tragedy if camera makers get into a race to the bottom with
The Great Thin Body Obsession, as has happened with other gadgets. In the case of phones it has been at the cost of functionality, robustness and convenience, with among other things the deletion of headphone sockets and use of non-standard charging sockets. I can see Sony in 10 years time hyping 3mm thick MILC camera bodies (looking like large phones with outsized lenses), needing of course yet another change (or two) of lens mount in the intermediate years. The hipsters will lap it up.
Originally posted by reh321 Pentax has said they are a "K-mount company" which eliminates anything other than a K-01 type camera.
No it doesn't. The K-01 had no viewfinder and was a market failure because of it. But there is no reason why a mirrorless with a EVF could not be made with a K mount. It would just have a deeper body than those of its rivals who adopted new mounts (eg Z & E mounts) with smaller flange distances. It would not have the advantage of a shallower body (don't care myself) but at least it would tick the box of being mirrorless. Most buyers are only interested in how many boxes are ticked, not how they are ticked.