Originally posted by LaurenOE A video dSLR is the final thing missing from the line-up and the K3 III will be it.
That would be something.. but do you seriously think that is even remotely possible?
Pentax is a stills oriented brand. Ricoh themselves have told us before that's how they see it. I don't see any reason they'd change their mind with the K-3 successor especially. It's incongruent to how they've carried along the product (lenses and body) line.
That is to say, please don't be disappointed if/when the next crop flagship is a trickle down from K-1 with slightly improved video features... maybe 4k. Each one has been an evolutionary cycle and not a revolutionary paradigm shift.
It would be.. highly unusual.. for Ricoh to decide to throw a lot of money into R&Ding a video centric dSLR body (when they've stated they're not even sure how the K-1 and FF system is going to go).
Pentax isn't Canon.. in focus and funding. We have to be happier with smaller steps.