If someone asks me a question, regarding anything I happen to be doing at the time, I do tend to just reply, yes! Why wouldn't I, unless I had something to hide?

The security guards were most definitely in the wrong to incorrectly tell the guy he was acting illegally, threaten the police etc, but they were within their rights - as fellow human beings - to ask a simple question and expect some sort of response... He's not obliged by law to respond, but more by the usual norms of human interaction!

I have been questioned several times by security people, and always just say 'oh, it's my hobby, I like shooting old buildings / industrial buildings / urban scenes' etc etc. The human being in them then comes out (there usually is one in there, deep inside) and we have a brief chat and that's the end of it. I can't ever recall having an argument about 'my rights' and I've never been told to stop shooting, so far anyway... If they did, I would just continue anyway - they can't touch me because the law's on my side.

http://www.technobuffalo.com/cameras/photography/mikes-ces-2012-camera-wrap-up-a...

Sounds like the rumour about Marc Newson designing the new camera might be true... My brain is whirring trying to imagine how this new camera is going to look... it's either gonna be WTF? or 'instant design classic'... sounds like a pretty radical departure from what we expect a Pentax DSLR to look like. Hoping for a minimalist take on the MX, in really high quality materials, with a reining in of the designer's impulses towards brightly coloured plastics and 'biomorphic design'....

Jessops in Leamington have the K5, Kr, and Q... in Brum they also have the K7 and at one point at least, the 645D. They keep it in a glass case in a prominent part of the shop... sadly during the riots it was stolen, I'm not sure if they've got a new one in yet.

Gahh, imagine that 645D being touted around the local pubs in Birmingham... I wonder if they actually knew what they had?

I can see the current sad line up at my local Jessops though! (Not interested in the compact offerings)...

I think we should wait and see on the new model. Personally I would take slightly slower (but more accurate) AF in exchange for better image quality, easier manual focusing, and lower price if I was in the marker for a camera right now...

Yep, whether this guy was 'baiting' them slightly or not, they responded very unprofessionally... the woman in particular was straight off 'The Jeremy Kyle Show'.

FWIW I do think he hung around longer than he needed to, to wind them up, and it would have been a better idea to explain why he was taking pictures... I know there's no *obligation* to explain what you're doing when taking pictures, but why not? You never know, they might have let him have a better view if he had explained about his website etc...

As an honorary brummie (I'm actually a derbyshire lad) I hate to admit it, Algi, but the world does not revolve around Birmingham!

Perhaps they'll choose to make their big announcements at the big Japanese and other international shows over the course of 2012! Time will tell but it sounds like a transformative new product line up will be in place by 2013 though, so next years focus on imaging will be worth a visit...

Thanks for that Bill! Sounds like this mirrorless is just the beginning.

The need to build the IR transmitter is the thing that is putting me off trying this. Come on someone - bundle the App and a ready-made transmitter and sell them on ebay!

This is a very good camera for someone wanting a film camera which handles and functions like a DSLR.... works with DA lenses etc, as well as fully functional with the old M or K lenses.

Is this it, do you think?

Or this? Lol just kidding...