Our reader Charlie reminded us that Pentax has already shown a sort of K-mount mirrorless prototype at the Photokina show in 2006. I really hope the new (REAL) K-mount mirrorless camera will have a much mrge attractive design. And if the rumors are true than the Star Designer Marc Newson will be the creater of that camera and it will certainly be beautiful! For the record, he designed the Talby phone (Click here to see).
Exciting time! Pentax mirrorless, Olympus OM, Panasonic (?)….
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wow those phones look terrible
indeed
Remote control phones?
This model in photo looks partly similar that Optio WG -models… Which is ok looking camera for me.
Why? I like it and I put it in the comments before too 🙂
this couldn’t be uglier
I’m not sure why you like those phones. Let’s hope that the K-mount In no way resembles those horrid phones or the 2006 prototyp on the outside. The interface of the phones does look simple and easy to navigate, perhaps Marc will have a role designing the camera’s UI.
Ugliest camera ever!
It can always be worse. But very hard, I agree… 🙂
But Hey, it will make Pentax consistent in the beauty of their cameras. 😛
He designed the bikes in Biomega? Damn. I haven’t looked over everything he’s done but that was a seriously cool design,
Disgusting camera and horrible phones as well!! Are we moving toward thrash even in photo market?
Marcs design is Very good design. In my view. How the camera will look- when/if it comes- will depend on his ‘phase’ of creative expression… IF it has the look of this phone, it looks both expencive and sturdy. As the ‘Q’ does- so much- NOT.
Better this, than another butt-ugly Retro Design.
yeah… i think i would like to see a chrome pyramid just above the mount
I don’t think there will ever be a K-mount mirrorless. It’s completely pointless due to it’s large back focal flange, it would have to be the size of a DSLR.
What a crappy looking object. There was a time Pentax was able to design the most elegant cameras.
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/attachments/pentax-film-slr-discussion/28531d1235010403-who-has-oldest-pentax-single-lens-reflex-k_071110_13k_wabcscx.jpg
“There was a time..”? Hey, the K-5 has good design, hangles well, and is more compact than comparable DSLRs.
But you’re right about that thing; it makes a sack of crap feel better about itself.
Personally I don’t care for the style of this particular designer. Looks like a lot of failed product designs to me. Pentax should have taken a MX and turned it into a new EVIL body.
The K-5 is indeed a compact camera that offers all the goodies of a D7000 and 7D without the bulk. I hope Pentax can put APS-C in an E-PL2 sized body. Before that, NEXs still have the best design.
I have found it ! THE definition of UGLY ! 🙂
The prototype is really ugly, and also looks pretty un-ergonomic. But I like the idea of using the area round the mount as part of the camera’s controls. Executed in a more refined way than in this prototype, it’s a good idea – may as well use that great big protrusion required for the K-mount flange distance positively!
A new lens range which ‘sinks into’ the throat of the K-mount (while allowing normal K-mount lenses to be attached in the usual way) is also an interesting idea, as it will make the camera similar in size to any other mirrorless + lens combination. (Having our cake and eating it, in other words)!
Those phones are a really old design, think late 90’s or thereabouts and only for the Japanese domestic market. They were quite a sensational design in their time – long before every phone was an ugly black slab.
Marc Newson is a decent designer and am sure he’ll come up with something pretty unique, if a little polarizing. I still think this is a replacement for the K-r rather than a completely new mirror less system as such. A new design based around an EVF that makes the camera smaller, but not so much a new system.
That mirrorless prototype is not from 2006. It’s from 1997. At least according to this blog post: http://pentaxdslrs.blogspot.com/2010/11/timing-is-everything-important-facts.html , and it seems like he knows what he’s talking about.
At that time, it would probably have been more of a “concept camera” than a prototype for a real product, but still, not a good indicator of how a current/future pentax mirrorless would look. The way I remember it, everything was ugly in the 90s.
Horrible, awful, monster.
From DSLRMagazine twitter account: “La nueva CSC de Pentax será algo más pequeña que una Kr, y no es seguro que gane –de inmediato– un concurso de belleza.”
Translation: “The new Pentax CSC will be a bit smaller than the Kr and it is not sure that it wins -inmediatly- a beauty contest.
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My comments: The Pentax mirrorless system will use a standard K mount so it will be much bigger than other mirrorless cameras. If the information from DSRL is true, the camera is big and ugly! It may be similar to the 2006 prototype…. ugh…
More from DSRLMagazine twitter account: “La nueva CSC de Pentax empleará la montura “K” clásica compatible con las ópticas actuales de sus réflex. No tendrá visor a nivel del ojo.”.
Translation: “The new CSC (mirrorless) Pentax camera will use the classic K mount, compatible with actual lenses from DSRLs. It will not have an eye level visor.”