It's described as a DSLR, so it's probably not mirrorless.
It's probably not Full Frame. The K-1 is less than a year old, and the
current APS-C flagship the K-3[II] was introduced in 2014, and refreshed
in 2015. In DSLR product cycles it's Methuselah.
So it's most likely a new Flagship APS-C DSLR.
What I'd like to see is a slimmer camera. Leica has just released the
M10 which packs it's electronics into a package about the same size as
an M-7, (as an aside, notice how after dropping model numbers and having
their user base and the commentariat supply them with unofficial ones,
Leica brought them back).
What I'm hoping is that RIcoh has decided to use the same improvements
in technology to build an APS-C DSLR in roughly the same footprint of an
LX. If they do that and manage to keep the same specifications as the
K-3 half the arguments for a mirrorless camera lose a lot of their
weight, (see what i did there, I'm so clever), which speaking of the
size and weight advantages of mirrorless has anyone actually compared a
K-3II to a Panasonic GH5? The only specification that some might take
as an advantage is the GH5's weight,
http://camerasize.com/compare/#698,619
Finally I'd like to see a little less convergence. It's nice to have a
DSLR that can be used to make videos, however Pentax cameras have been
going backwards in actually producing good video while larding up the UI
with easy video access. Why not do the opposite, give us the option to
use SR sensor shift on videos, and put up with the noise on the built in
microphone, (anybody serious is going to use an external mic anyway),
and do away with that silly red video record button and replace it with
something useful, like say a joystick to pick AF sensors just like a lot
of other serious still cameras have done, plus actually offer an
official replaceable VF screen that's actually good for manual focus?
Then again Ricoh may just decide that no one's interested in a flagship
APS-C camera anymore and just build entry/mid level APS-C bodies based
on the convergence of the K-50 and K-S2 from now on. Personally I
wouldn't be surprised, though it would sadden me.
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