Its design is directly inspired by any number of classic Pentax cameras. It's smaller than a single-lens reflex camera, digital or otherwise, but larger than your typical point-and-shoot.
Such has been the switch from film to digital, that the new film camera is a rarity. Pentax think there may be an opening in the older format though, as they’ve announced in the videos below the ...
The Pentax K-r's startup and shutdown times were quite good for a consumer SLR. Buffer clearing times were a bit sluggish, but understandable given the relatively deep buffer depths.