I would keep it as a compact with built in zoom.

Copied from For Sale topic for an MX-1.

I've often ponderd what an improved MX-1 (MX-2?) should be:-
- bigger sensor,
- faster max. frame rate,
- slightly lighter (I know some like all the the weight),
- better auto white balance in artificial light,
- better low light performance, and
- weather & dust resistance (This could have been a USP in this category).

Any other thoughts?

There are some slightly cheaper options here.

Sorry. A pre-emptive RETURN.

The MX has a built-in ND filter too.

P.S. Looking higher up the forum page, just before the blue & grey spec. table, it states that he latest firmware is v1.06.

So, to what is Photogem referring?

The question about the location of download files on the Pentax site still stands.

Reading an article on Pentax Forums (here), the review by Photogem (10-Feb-2020, para. 5) recommends using firmware v1.10 in the K-30. Checking my camera it has v1.06 so I went to the Ricoh-Pentax web-site to get v1.10.

In the event, I was unable to find the right page. The site has changed significantly since I last looked for downloads, and I could only find downlioad pages for the current cameras.

Does anyone know where the downloads for older cameras are stored now?

Also, does anyone have experience of v1.10 in the K-30? The article suggests that it allows the K-30 to use the new PLM lenses, but I thought that extra physical contacts are needed for them.

Also, for comparison, you could try taking the same pictures in similar light conditions but using a tripod (SR should be switched off when on the tripod.)

I was looking a bit more closely at a recent picture of the new APS-C DSLR (here). Assuming that the picture is of a working prototype and not just a dummy to indicate shape and button location, the panel boundaries suggest that that either:-

a) it won't have a flash or,

b) the lump just in front of the shoe must move in an unusual way to pop the flash up the usual distance.

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