The GR will do that for you, albeit with a fixed 18.3mm lens.

Having said that, the sticking point for me is that you can't put CSCs in a pocket in the same way as a GR. The lenses stick out too far. And this is where I don't find any advantage to them over the K-01.

Now a bigger version of the MX-1, with a fixed zoom lens that retracts, just might be more of the way to go. It just needs to be flattish when closed down to fit in a walking jacket pocket.

How about a K-01 with 40mm lens? Any good for you?

gwing, assuming you could have a camera 8mm thinner, in what way would you find that an advantage? What is the benefit as you see it?

Nothing wrong with it John, if that's what you want to do.

I think I'd be more impressed with a digital back though, rather like the ones for medium format cameras. However, that would be a really expensive option.

Not something I'd buy. DSLRs are so efficient that I don't see the point now of making things more difficult. Some years ago when DSLRs were hugely expensive there might have been a point in putting "digital film" in our film SLRs, if the price was right. Now the idea has IMHO been well overtaken.

Great image either way! Welcome back.

It's a bit like predictive text.

The K-7 shares a sensor with the K20D and up to ISO400 this is absolutely fine. beyond that noise does steadily creep in.

The difference becomes apparent when we switch to the K-5, where up to ISO1600 can be used freely and it's good far beyond that. I just use the ISO I need without any worry. The K-5 AF is also dramatically faster.

However, I still use a K20D as well as the K-5 and will continue to do so while it has life left in it.

The bigger Q is being delivered as we speak...the Q7.

However, you can't use K mount lenses unless you have the correct register distance. The result is the K-01, a great camera in its own right, bulkier in terms of body than many CSCs, but not as fiddly to operate.

But, add a lens to a CSC and it's still in need of a camera bag. It's not pocketable. Might as well buy the K-01 and have a more usable camera.

Personally CSCs don't suit me, they seem the worst of all possible worlds.

Posting a lens shouldn't me much of a problem and it will increase your choice of supplier.

Technically, it is a mount that has been able to develop into the electronic era without major issues. It retains backwards compatibility that is impressive and has a nice wide throat which aids lens design options. By comparison, the Nikon F mount is quite primitive.