richandfleur wrote:
If it costs more than a McDonalds happy meal then I'm out unfortunately. Never going to be able to afford one for 5 - 10 years.

That said, hypothetically, if I could afford one, I'm not entirely sure I'd want to opt for the first model anyway. Cameras these days have become consumables, with a massive focus on having the latest and greatest, rather than going out and shooting with it. That possession, having it, owning it, being the first etc is all rather a distraction in some respects.

So personally, I'd want Pentax/Ricoh to wait until they've nailed the bugs they know about now, and then I'd want to wait a bit to iron out the bugs they don't yet know about. The likes of flapping mirrors and weak aperture motors for example.

Also a few more rounds of firmware stability enhancements wouldn't go a miss. And if you're prepared to wait a bit longer, the inevitable mkii model that adds all the bits they left out of the original model.

Sounds negative I'm sure, but they'll release something when they're good and ready, and then they'll work to improve it. The interim could be spent honing ones skills to clearly identify those situations where a FF sensor would be a significant advantage over APS-C...