Don t hold your breath for a Pentax Mirrorless SLR !!

Now that's an interesting possibility...

Steve

Dream on? https://www.thephoblographer.com/2020/12/31/youll-have-lucid-dreams-about-this-w...

Not sure about only screw threaad lenses though.

Not exactly what I would want but I too have thought Pentax had a solid claim to a retro camera. Instead Olympus and Fuji have grabbed that market.

It would be fun to see a camera dedicated to old school manual operation. No AF and no video for the purists. Unfortunately it all starts getting very niche (low sales) but it would be fun.

Pick up an older film camera and it’s a delight for the senses. Cold harsh metal, the smell of the leather cases, very tactile mechanical operation and little of the modern ergonomics with boxy frames, and massive viewfinders with light meters to aid exposure. By comparison all modern dslrs feel quite plastic and disconnected to me.

I’ve heard Pentax and users say they want to feel the fun of crafting an image, rather than electronics do all the work, but I also find that fun disappears quite quickly if I return home and find my camera hasn’t focussed correctly. If features like auto focus abs video etc are included then they need to work as best as they can.

Hi All
Just found an update on the K3 -111 here,
https://petapixel.com/2021/02/17/the-pentax-k3-mark-iii-has-been-delayed-indefin...
don t expect one any time soon.
Regards
Graham

Not quite the right place to post this, but depressing all the same.

Never thought I'd read you saying that!

Leica have been doing just that for years with the M series, doesn’t seem to do them any harm.

What sort of price range woudl you consider is "entry level"?

The K70 was and probably still is the best entry DLSR money can buy
There were some incredible sale deals on the k70 camera body ,when Pentax introduced the KP
So a small premium is now being asked of the k70
When I bought my first Pentax body brand new mid 80 ‘s , it was a lot more expensive relatively than today’s price . I can assure you’re good self on that scale.