Originally posted by Rondec Maybe. A K-S1 with an 18-135 attached is a very small package indeed and still has a 100 percent pentaprism viewfinder -- stick a DA 40mm and it is tiny.. In fact, I find it to be too small. K5 size works better in my opinion -- regardless of the whole EVF versus OVF discussion.
I woud guess you would not be part of the market that they would be losing.
For serious non-travel shooting, I might not be, either. For a lot of other people, the smaller the better, and the iPhone generation thinks cameras should only have an EVF/LCD.
I used to travel with the Kx wearing a DA 40 or other small prime, and that is about as small as a DSLR kit gets. However, an A6000 with its retractable kit zoom gets you a smaller size (especially in height) with a 16-50 zoom. As I have mentioned before, a high quality Zeiss 16-70 is less than half the size of a DA 17-70. I'm a big fan of the 18-135 (which is only a little larger than the Zeiss 16-70), but the absence of a mirror is the difference between a camera which stows in a waist pack or coat pocket, and one which does not.
I'm seeing more and more friends who like nice toys with mirrorless cameras. They did own or would have owned an SLR in the past. This is a significant piece of the consumer market that is sliding away.