Pentax about to announce a mirrorless system with sensors of the same size of Four Thirds sensors?

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What a rumor. Pentax is about to announce a new mirrorless system which will de facto be the digital version of the [shoplink 18968 ebay]Pentax Auto 110 system[/shoplink]. Why should we care about that? The Auto 110 system had a frame size of 13 × 17 mm (0.51 × 0.67 in) which is almost exactly the frame size of (Micro-) Four Thirds sensor (13 × 17.3 mm). Now that part is just speculation. Does it not make more sense for Pentax to join the Micro Four Thirds world instead of making their own “Four-Thirds” system? That’s probably wishful thinking and never going to happen. Anyway we will know soon if those rumors are correct. The digital Auto 110 system will be announced in March.

More info about the Auto 110 system:
– History at Wikipedia
– [shoplink 18968 ebay]Auto 110 Cameras and lenses auctions on eBay[/shoplink]