A post from Leica Users Group - with the names removed to protect the innocent:
"Well, [...] started it with his thread on the digirebel. I had the opportunity to play with the Pentax Ish D which is a 6MP digital camera due out in September. Metal body, finder useable in very dim lighting (1/8 @F1.8 ISO 400) pretty simple control layout, JPEGS, TIFFS, RAW, glass pentaprism. The CCD is the same as on the Dleica 100 [...] uses. It had a really good feel to it and fit my rather large hands. I think this would be of more interest to this list than the digirebel as the size is pretty close to an M with a pentaprism. Mechanism noise was not obnoxious. I especially liked the limited edition lenses that were available to use as well. If anyone has any further questions please bring them up. My impression was very favorable, it was as close to an M in feel that any mostly electronic camera has been. Oh, MAP is $1699 and it can use any lens Pentax has made for any of their SLR's, 42mm to 6X7 with appropriate adapters." He seems under the impression that all Pentax lenses will work with it, but I don't know who told him that. cheers, frank -- "Jazz is about capturing the moment" -Herbie Hancock
