(Reply to Shaky's post)
Only time will tell... but no photographer or even manufacturer (considering how many there are) is going to want to pay for maintaining a range of lenses in more than one mount. It will be a nightmare for the likes of Sigma, but the camera manufacturers won't be concerned about that

Regarding size the NEX 7 looks small until you put a lens on it, if you look at the plan view link the actual "film plane" mark looks closer to the front of the camera than the back, the cameras 66mm wide so that's about 33mm or greater, so a camera with the "film plane" closer to the back will be smaller (to the front of an identical lens) than the NEX 7.... even the K-5 is only about 20mm and the K-01 is only 13mm which is a massive 20mm better than the NEX 7

So anybody buying a second camera thinking it's a lot smaller is making a big mistake if they want to use it with a lens, which I assume most would.

Yellow is associated with DeWalt...... maybe they can get them to design one that matches the DeWalt Radio link

Buyers need to be very careful here... It's obviously very attractive to manufacturers to sell cameras that are cheaper to manufacture and discontinue the more traditional type of camera. If it hadn't been for companies such as Leica the rangefinder would have died in the 50's. IMHO the 6x6 folder was killed off far to early.

Also don't forget what almost happened in the music industry, they were considering dropping vinyl and selling just Compact Cassettes which would have left us in a right mess. Luckily CD (which the music industry didn't want) saved the day. It won't be long though before they consider dropping CD's and going 100% download.

It's up to the consumer don't buy into systems that aren't really in your interest. The figures quoted above 10-20% could be just someone buying a 2nd camera..... but the man from Sony doesn't seem to be reading it like that He thinks 10-20% don't want and won't want DSLR's. CSC Evolution Eh!!

A new Q with 8.5mm lens sold on ebay for £304 yesterday
If the K-01 follows the same path it could be a very good
ebay bargain link

There was supposed to be an episode of the Simpsons where they designed a car based on what everybody wanted.......
I think this is what they came up with

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=U9IV50KiiMI

Edit: This seems to be the episode

http://onscreencars.com/tv/the-homer-the-car-built-for-homer/

I feel really sorry for any potential camera buyer searching for reviews/tests on the K-01...... normally they'd be lucky to find
1 or 2 poor reviews but this one is being slagged off right left
and centre hundreds of pages of negative comments by established
Pentax users I can't see many newbies buying it with so much
negativity and Pentax themselves must be thinking.... With friends
like these who needs enemies They must be seriously thinking
of throwing in the towel

In the past if you didn't like something you just didn't buy it
or you were given a choice of "any colour you like as long as it's black"

In 1990 the discount price of the Pentax-F 100mm f/2.8 Macro
was £348 .... that's £698 in todays money The Sigma
was £210. Most lenses are dearer now than in 1990 after
allowing for inflation.

The new camera will create a massive demand for macro lenses,
partly because it won't be much use on telephotos. Pentax can't
afford to discontinue the WR without a replacement, assuming the
K-01 is waterproof.

It is a very cut down K-5.... A lot of the external controls
inc. metering AF/MF etc. look to be missing.

If it doesn't attract new users it will have been a massive flop
The object is to sell more of these than they did K-5's

Masterful stroke recessing the lens, even though a different lens
will look big, it does on a Sony NEX as well so the registration
distance doesn't matter.... no one want's to mess around with an
adapter.

I can't see them getting more than £600 body only. The lens
will probably be another £200

The design reminds me of an SFXn

The screens just been posted it isn't articulated

Just 6 buttons and 4 way controller on the rear!!
Play button is on the right.

That RED button could be delete?

So there you have it!!! When's the next camera
coming out!

Some shots of the rear have been posted Don, but not of
the screen side Could it be articulated? We've
not seen anything special so far. The 4 way looks normal.
There's a mark for Av in the middle of nowhere?

The top LCD is gone..... How much is this camera £200