Judging from the drawings this seem to be based on a 6X4,5 camera.
At least Pentax have been toying with the idea of making it into a digital 
camera.

P�l



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Pentax have made patents on the following camera. Probably something that 
will never be released :


US6337955: SLR camera which can selectively utilize light-sensitive film or 
an image pick-up device

An SLR camera system includes a camera body, an interchangeable lens having 
a lens shutter, a film back and a digital back which are selectively 
attached to the camera body, a drive mechanism, provided in the digital 
back, which drives the image pick-up device in a direction of an optical 
axis of the interchangeable lens, and a controller. When digital back and 
the interchangeable lens are attached to the camera body, upon receiving a 
shutter release signal, the controller controls a focal plane shutter 
provided in the camera body to fully open and subsequently controls the 
drive mechanism to advance the image pick-up device to the focal plane 
before controlling the lens shutter to operate, controls the drive 
mechanism to retreat the image pick-up device, and subsequently controls 
the focal plane shutter to shut after controlling the lens shutter to operate.
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