Wow, Pentax board / thread is the most lively in the entire forum. 
I'm interested in how it turns out for the brand, as competition and innovation is good for the entire realm. However I am/was glad that I never took this route - I did hop on the Minolta bandwagon when the writing was already on the wall and getting rid of the entire inventory was no fun. I've always been supporting the underdogs (say, my favourite Black Sabbath vocalist is Tony Martin) but when I have to really, really put my money where my mouth is... I'm no longer so sure.
The irony is, while I could have trudged through as a Sony A / Pentax shooter, I would've probably relied mostly on third party lenses, most importantly those from Sigma, because especially with Pentax the native lineup is/was so penurious (and even those Sigmas are rare in these varieties).
I'm interested in how it turns out for the brand, as competition and innovation is good for the entire realm. However I am/was glad that I never took this route - I did hop on the Minolta bandwagon when the writing was already on the wall and getting rid of the entire inventory was no fun. I've always been supporting the underdogs (say, my favourite Black Sabbath vocalist is Tony Martin) but when I have to really, really put my money where my mouth is... I'm no longer so sure.
The irony is, while I could have trudged through as a Sony A / Pentax shooter, I would've probably relied mostly on third party lenses, most importantly those from Sigma, because especially with Pentax the native lineup is/was so penurious (and even those Sigmas are rare in these varieties).