well a k to q adaptor would seem fun and plausable but as for evil class sizes I think the market will show that the k5 is considered TOO small by some d-slr shooters preferences so somebody is gonna have to make a chunkier evil to meet user demands eventually.. might as well be Pentax....

I think they need to keep the k-mount and simply release a series of KV (V being suitable for video) lenses.

add those to the BEST Evil cam and nobody will care if it is a little thicker than the competition..

I keep saying... size is NOT the main benifit to mirrorless class cameras... COST is, they are just plain cheaper to make. After the Q, why would Pentax care about the size of it's mirrorless aps-c class system? even with the larger kmount and thicker body, you throw a 40 mm pancake lens on it and it will still be smaller than many 4/3's systems.

but if pentax takes something like the k5 sensor and the leaf shutter built in nd filter, silent af, and Edial lens ring, designs from the Q lenses, throws in h264 video codec they will have the best quality images/video of ANY 4/3's, Evil Class and many d-slrs....

I suspect this will be a huge leap forward from my old g5 I used to love, and these are LEAF SHUTTER lenses with built in ND filters!

I anticipate that if a bigger version of this hits the market in the fall with a standard kmount, Pentax will lay cllaim to BOTH the smallest ilc system and the highest quality sensor EVER in an evil cam come this fall when the NC-1 comes out.

Somebody at Pentax would be wise to send me a loaner, for a video shoot, I'm convinced it can do "PRo" quality video, in the right hands...

that flash pops up and over! definately a bonus and a sighn that a big telephoto is being considered!

I was NOT kidding (link a few posts back) read up on these lenses!

they seem to have the af system from the 18-135 and built in nd filters, these puppies are advanced and I hope to see a k mount version of that zoom for video shooters!

flash syncs up to 1/2000!

Wide open apertures in daylight is easily possible for shallow dof with fill flash!
Even the k5 cannot do that! (without an external hs flash)

Pentax also makes many c mount, medical, binocular, and compact camera lenses... no new news here, to be honest...

In reading up on the lenses, this camera may well exceed the k5 for normal to high light video shooting!
link

I suspect it would come in at the $1000.00 mark. a couple hundred more than the Q and a couple hundred less than the k5..... after all it will be bundled with the 35 2.4 prime and the official price is the max price retailers will ask, if the retailers sell for less then getting the k5's image quality in an evil class cam will be a huge seller!

and Pentax had better keep the KR's battery system for it as well...

I also suspect that given the pro d-slr modes like aperture priority, and the way it has the lens electrical contacts inside the mount... that this li' bugger is backward compatible with the auto 110 lenses.

I like it. Won't be buying it.
But I am studying it.
I figure it was co-developed alongside the bigger NC-1 and probably shares some traits...

if there be a bigger version of this camera, with the aps-c sensor and h264 1080p 30 fps video, with detachable EVF finder on the horizon, standard k-mount.... I'll buy TWO.