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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
03-15-2019, 06:59 AM
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Glad they continue the SLR K-mount line, and especially going smaller with the KP (still too big compared to a fullframe MX or LX).
Therefore i hope they will bring out a mirrorless too. Preferably fullframe like the Sony A7-line but in design more like the Fuji XT-3. Fullframe because of adapting my lenses with a K-mount LA-EA4 equivalent to the new mirrorless mount but... in the end the size of the sensor is less important than the size of the viewfinder, which is too small on all aps-c d-slr's regardless of brand. Having an LA-AE4 and LA-AE2 equivalents would take away the need to bring out native lenses in short term and actually, because sensors need more telecentric designs, most native lenses would be just like slr-lenses, just with a longer tube.
Mirrorless is better than an slr for adapting lenses (e.g. Canon FD, Minolta MD, Konica AR) but mostly for video purposes. A dedicated EVF viewfinder is essential though which is where the K-01 failed, next to it being too early as technology wasn't really ready for it then. An alternative, as for the video part, would be to adopt the pellicle mirror of the SLT line but then it will still be difficult to reduce the size of the camera and the FFD would remain the same.
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