Originally posted by tuco Perhaps they don't want to make a new line of FX lenses to go mirrorless with a thinner body.
Besides styling what advantages would this camera *really* offer? Even if they kept the F mount and stripped out the mirror box and a few other things, they could definitely slim down the bulges, height, and make it overall more compact. They might not want to make a new mount, but high-end mirrorless is gaining a lot of traction with the enthusiast market... And as far as I've seen the Nikon 1 doesn't stack up to Sony or Fuji in terms of performance or popularity. It might be wise to capture more of the market, and with a well designed adapter, tempting people into nicer F mount lenses and eventually an FX DSLR in the future.
Maybe it's just me, but even the tiny Pentax DSLRs seem a bit big and unwieldy in my hands compared to my old film cameras, and I'd want something inspired by old cameras to feel more like an old camera in my hands-- Small and bulletproof.