Thanks for the heads-up, Mike. I think I will pop in and check this exhibition, as I live in the area.

This statement sums up Pentax experience rather well. More respect for gear and more consciousness while shooting. Can't be bad.

Canon's AF and metering skills might currently be that bit ahead of Pentax', but that obviously doesn't mean things are not possible with Pentax gear, because they are. I have been with Pentax for only four years now and prior to this I was with Canon. It might only be me, but I always have fondly remembered how good Canon SLR bodies fitted within my hand, with the index finger laid perfectly over the shutter button. But this is where Canon's ergonomics end, more or less. I was about to recommend Olympus flagship CSC for its high abilities and fast AF, but since you insists on FF, then why not accept the challenge and go for FF best buy, which K-1 must be? You'll get used to it and when you do, that's when the most beautiful part starts

Awkward. Perhaps it's time to upgrade the firmware?

Roots, in black and white, with less obvious vignetting. I also very much like the community shop, excellent handling of an ambient light.

I tend to. Some sort of posh upgrade to K-70, with a couple of extra talents.

In answer to the question what I would expect from a new DSLR, and I will probably get laughed off, but I was hoping for some sort of K-3 mark III to, similarly to 3II, maintain no built-in flash and had GPS instead, plus had better AF, metering, WiFi/blutooth connectivity and.. yup, also integrated vertical grip. But instead we have got something in the retro style of Fujifilm cameras - probably Pentax answer to Fuiji's entry into Pentax dominated medium format game

I got mine just in time, I see 😊👏

I actually feel a bit relieved, because if KP proved to be an upgraded version of K-3II with solid-integrated "Canon 1 series" style battery pack/grip and Blutooth/WiFi, I would probably really struggle with my resistance and would promptly get it, but KP looks more like a novelty camera, which could only be of use to me if it sported a full frame sensor. That said I still like Pentax new camera.

KP couldn't possibly be any replacement for K-3II. It obviously is some new branch of products, different to 5, 3 and 1 series. It is more like Ricoh/Pentax APS-C response to Nikon Df, which itself proved to be pretty successful. Or better yet - perhaps a response to Fujifilm's design approach to their APS-C cameras. I personally very much like the design of new Pentax DSLR and am pretty sure KP will prove quite popular among Pentaxians. Look at them grip options, what a great idea. I would certainly buy it, if it was a full frame camera. I'm actually slightly disappointed to find out it is not a full frame camera.

I like both, I could even say the left one looks slightly more interesting, but the right one appears to show wider dynamic range for some reason - I would keep the right one on this occasion