I don't have many 35mm lenses though. But do have two important ones (100 & 300). I might pull the trigger yet.

See there are still some available. This is so tempting but I'm not fond of the silver either. That and I was waiting for the K3 iii...

This just tempts me to get a K1 in the interim...

The new lenses look good. That 21mm will be amazing on the K-1. The revamped 16-50 also looks good but will have to wait and see.

Yeah, those chairs would have been fine for one seminar but most of us were there for three in a row!

Great event! Busy day for all involved. Thanks to Chris and co for making it happen. Sadly went without money to spend but luckily still came away with a DA50 1.8.

I am always impressed, especially by how much depth of field you manage to get and still maintain detail without refraction.

Give me the manual any day of the week

Seems a lot of people are having very similar sentiments about size, weight and ergonomics.

M43 can be made small. Just look at some of the really tiny bodies with the f/1.8 lenses (f/3.5 eFF equivalent). And those bodies and lenses are not crazy expensive. The f/1.2 lenses (f/2.4 FF equivalent) as amazingly well made as they are are just too big.

Something strange that I thought might make Pentax stand out. A 1.4x crop sensor instead of 1.5x. Still small enough for SR with the APS-C lens line-up but gives an exact 1-stop difference from FF. Bit of extra light gathering area. Almost like a permanent 1.4x teleconverter on a FF body. I doubt it'll ever happen but it is an idea I like.

I've been lucky enough to play with a few bits of kit that were not mine recently. These being an OM-D EM1ii and EM1X as well as a K-70.

Things that really surprised me with the K-70:

K-70 just feels so much more responsive than my K-5.
K-70 is more comfortable to hold with its deeper grip.
K-70 image quality, noise level and dynamic range are excellent even at a 1:1 comparison with the K-5.
K-70's live view with face detection and focus peeking are really useful when you just have to nail the focus perfectly.
New lenses like the 55-300 PLM just seem to focus instantly and accurately.

Have been tempted to jump ship to Olympus several times over the years. Things like focus speed, all their 'Pro' lenses being sealed. Ultra wide apertures, for light gathering not depth of field control. Focus speed and accuracy is a fair bit better than on my K-5.

A few things that have stopped me are:
Noise is better on my K-5.
Dynamic range is better on my K-5.
Colours are better on my K-5.

Additionally size isn't improved really by going mirrorless. Both systems are of similar size and overall weight for the same equivalent field of view and depth of field. I have two really good examples.
- I did a side by side with the OM-D EM1ii with 300mm f/4 vs my K-5 with 300mm f/4 & 1.4x TC. The field of view was almost identical, the bokeh and DoF was so close that I couldn't tell the difference (focus set on a target at the same distance). Both set-ups were almost identical in terms of overall dimensions and weight.
- I did a side by side with the OM-D EM1ii with 17mm f/1.2 vs my K-5 with 21mm f/3.2. The field of view was almost identical, the bokeh and DoF was so close that I couldn't tell the difference (focus set on a target at the same distance). The K-5 and 21mm were smaller and lighter. Sadly the 21mm isn't weather sealed.

I do find my eyes struggle sometimes in low light when using the viewfinder of a DSLR. It can feel very dark, especially around dawn/dusk, making composition harder. EVFs don't have that as they can just keep amplifying the signal from the sensor. I think a DSLR offers the best of both worlds. You can use live view if you want but can still save power and use the OVF.

I'll stick with a DSLR for quite some time yet. Especially if Pentax keep making them and focus on that market. Just till waiting for them to produce the camera I want...

A K-70 or K-P with GPS instead of flash and that uses the larger D-LI90 batteries.

Nice extras would be:
Redesigned DA* and Limited lenses with WR construction and either PLM, DC or ring SDM motors.

I also had a play with kit at The Photography Show. The new FF mirrorless sytems are HUGE!!! The lenses are monstrous. They are no smaller or lighter really than a modern DSLR. The APS-C mirrorless cameras are not too different from an APS-C DSLR. Finally, M43 can be tiny but if you want some DoF controll you need the more expensive bigger kit.

Wow! I'd have it but I won't have any fun money for quite some time.