Its parent company, Ricoh, remains committed to the Pentax brand, and Pentax wants to continue to make DSLR cameras. DSLR cameras are in a death spiral, and the only thing keeping them going now is that entry-level DSLRs are still super cheap. Per a very reliable Pentax leaker, “asahi man,” the next Pentax DSLR may not be too far out. Even the best DSLR autofocus systems, which a new Pentax DSLR won’t have, by the way, pale in comparison to mirrorless cameras today. So, basically Niccolls’ hope for a Pentax DSLR is that it isn’t a DSLR at all.