I'm torn between black body / blue grip (005) and orange body / blue grip (055), although tan body / brown grip (013) and navy body / white grip aren't out of the running just yet...

Anyone else been playing with the K-x simulator? Looks like you can colour-code your 18-55 to match your body too.

Sony Exmor sensor! I've heard good things about that

I'm suprised at the DA*16-50 results but not at the ones from the DA35. I think you made a good decision Aiki - super lens isn't it?

The new Leica X1 has a 12.something CMOS sensor and that's supposedly from Kodak - stranger things have happened...

All sound very good though - I look forward to seeing one

...you've got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how you gonna make your dreams come true?

Anyway, the Rollei 35 shows us that there's no optical reason why you can't have a full frame sensor (35mm film in that case) and a high quality collapsing lens in a package no bigger than a pack of cards. I remember how bulky my first Kodak digicam was and compare it to today's models - things move quick in the worlds of battery, memory and sensor technology and we're not far off now.

PS. Dear Pentax, if the camera's to be live-view only can we have the 3" OLED display from the Samsung WB1000 please?

Congratulations to Galoot for some speedy judging and to Martin for another great image - looking forward to the next topic

I'm guessing the colour's optional?

Any word on the specs?

If Pentax could come up with something as sexy as the Olympus EP-1, as fast as the Panasonic GF1, the ergonomics and lens of the Leica X1 and the Foveon sensor from the Sigma DP1 / DP2 then I'd buy one like a shot.

If it was the size of a Rollei 35 I may even buy two...

mea culpa

By complete coincidence the two cameras that have sat on my desk this last week while I've been pondering the X1 are a Leica Minilux and a Rollei 35B. I've now come up with several ideas for my "perfect" digital compact and I have to say most of them (bar the digital bits of course) have been nicked from these very two cameras!