Originally posted by Spare Tire People can dream on with the LX sized FF DSLR.
Carrying on that daydreaming, an MX-1 style (not LX-styled) FF or APS-C camera would make a lot of sense, IMO. In fact, I think Pentax would make a big mistake if they didn't go for it relatively soon, á la the Sony RX line and the Fuji X-100/10/20 line.
All they have to do is to take the nice MX-1 desing, with brass top plates and all, then make it slightly bigger, if necessary, (for the FF sensor, at least), add an EVF, a hot shoe and mic input and voilá, they've got themselves a nice looking hipster toy even the grumpy old curmudgeons will love. I'd buy one.
Sure, it would be a niche product but then again, so is the whole brand these days. A larger sensor MX-1 style camera would have a lot of marketing potential, and the halo effect would sell the other models, too.
So why not? Why should the Pentax FF camera have to be a DSLR? It might be more feasible to start with a fixed lens mirrorless design first, hype it, make some money with it, and then come up with a FF DSLR model, too.
Now that I think of it, the MX-1 body concept would also work as a base for a nice looking mirrorless system, probably APS-C -based. I think Pentax may already have the ingredients for a new mirrorless hit in their hands, in the form of the new MX-1 design. But only if they don't fsck it up by doing nothing, and only settle for this one p&s model.