Personally I really like EVF's. It's not comparable to looking at an lcd screen at all, as it's not affected by ambient light. The one on my Nex 5N is superb, it gives a perfectly clear image, plus it gives you a view of what the sensor is actually capturing rather than what the eye sees. For IR an EVF is really the only sensible option, but I'd also be perfectly happy with one on a normal camera. A FF mirrorless camera would in fact be preferable for me to a DSLR. Times move on and the technology improves, and EVF's, to my mind, have no disadvantages yet many advantages.

They certainly are turning a lot of heads, including mine. I'm sorely tempted by the A7r. Lenses are going to be a major outlay, though, and there's only 3 available so far.

I'll hang in with Pentax/Ricoh for a bit longer, though, to see if they come up with anything similar. As the Doc says, they are well placed to compete in this sector of the market.

OK, of course you are right, and not being pedantic at all. Apologies to the physics police.......

The sensor can detect frequencies from about 350nm to 1100nm; filters in a standard camera reduce this to a range from about 400nm to 700nm (the same as the human eye). My IR camera is converted to record frequencies from 665nm to 1100nm. My next one will be full-spectrum, ie it will record everything the sensor can detect, ie from 350nm to 1100nm, but I'd love to be able to choose which frequencies I photograph by settings in the camera rather than using filters.

I think innovation is the way forward for camera companies nowadays; Ricoh have certainly stolen a jump on the competition with a selectable AA filter (or simulator, which amounts to the same thing). I hope they continue the trend.

I have been tempted many times to move to the Nex system (my IR camera is a Nex 5n). I love the (optional) EVF on the Nex5N, I think it is better than an optical viewfinder in many ways, as you can see what is being recorded rather than what your eye sees. For IR it has obvious advantages, but I think it's equally advantageous for any type of photography, and is so much easier to see what you are photographing clearly than using Live View, which is why I didn't get a K-01 converted to IR instead.

I'd really like to see a Pentax mirrorless FF camera, largely because of the 22 K mount lenses I already have. I'd also love to see a camera with a selectable spectrum range, ie being able to set it to record a specific, user-selectable band of the spectrum, anywhere from UV to IR. I'm sure this must now be possible using software, rather than the traditional filters fitted to converted cameras. If I had the expertise I'd try and do it myself, but as I don't, I've sent Ricoh the suggestion. You never know.

Voted, there's certainly no competition worth voting for

I think it's great! We've seen 5 new cameras in a short a space of time, all using the K mount, plus the GR which looks a great camera too. Plus new lenses. Who cares if Ricoh is written on them? I don't. There's more going on now than there has been for years.

It sounds very much like you encountered some sort of rupture in the time/space continuum...a time-warp or worm-hole perhaps? Evidently you travelled into the future briefly. Anything interesting on those two images? You could have been abducted by aliens. Any strange scars you didn't have have previously, or loss of memory?

I'm amazed that's the first image you have sharpened. I just assumed that it was the norm. I do use selective sharpening using layers on occasion (ie no point in sharpening a blue sky or water that's had a long exposure), but the only time I don't use any sharpening is when I've used a plug-in like Topaz Detail or Topaz Adjust, where the plug-in enhances detail.

A bit of a quandary, then...If the K3 has similar DR and high ISO performance to the K5II, then perhaps there's not much point in me buying one instead of a K5IIs. But I didn't buy a K5 IIS because it didn't seem enough of an upgrade to my K5 to justify the expense...

Maybe I'll just wait for the next one...they seem to be coming along thick and fast at the moment.