Re: Pentax K-01 follow-up? (or other Pentax K-mount mirrorless)

2013-10-23 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/22/2013 8:05 AM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: The lack of an EVF was also a concern to me. However even though my old Fuji had one, I've seldom used it (mainly due to low resolution and small size), thus my feelings are mixed about this... Well, times change. Technology changes

Re: Pentax K-01 follow-up? (or other Pentax K-mount mirrorless)

2013-10-22 Thread P.J. Alling
The K-01 was back in production, at least for a while. It returned in blue and white. http://photorumors.com/2013/07/04/pentax-k-01-marc-newson-camera-resurrected-in-blue-and-white-colors/ It was available from Adorama or BH in that version in August IIRC. They don't seem to have them now.

Re: Pentax K-01 follow-up? (or other Pentax K-mount mirrorless)

2013-10-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 06:42:35AM +0300, Boris Liberman wrote: On 10/21/2013 9:28 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: == THE DILEMMA == Therefore my question (or questions) is: is there any chance that a K-mount mirrorless will appear in the near future (i.e. 6 months till it hits

Re: Pentax K-01 follow-up? (or other Pentax K-mount mirrorless)

2013-10-22 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Oct 21, 2013, at 20:42 , Boris Liberman wrote: The only thing that I don't like about K-01 is that you cannot attach a EVF to it - you absolutely have to focus/compose by the screen. In the bright light this may prove an issue. You could buy this accessory that attaches to the back of

Re: Pentax K-01 follow-up? (or other Pentax K-mount mirrorless)

2013-10-22 Thread Larry Colen
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 01:15:00AM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Oct 21, 2013, at 20:42 , Boris Liberman wrote: The only thing that I don't like about K-01 is that you cannot attach a EVF to it - you absolutely have to focus/compose by the screen. In the bright light this may prove

Re: Pentax K-01 follow-up? (or other Pentax K-mount mirrorless)

2013-10-22 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Oct 22, 2013, at 01:25 , Larry Colen wrote: On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 01:15:00AM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Oct 21, 2013, at 20:42 , Boris Liberman wrote: The only thing that I don't like about K-01 is that you cannot attach a EVF to it - you absolutely have to focus/compose by the

Pentax K-01 follow-up? (or other Pentax K-mount mirrorless)

2013-10-21 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
(For the meat of the subject you could skip directly to the paragraph THE DILEMMA. Below I add some context to it.) As I've mentioned yesterday in the thread Which camera brand would you choose, if you started from scratch? I currently own a new-ish Pentax K-30 and an old FujiFilm

Re: Pentax K-01 follow-up? (or other Pentax K-mount mirrorless)

2013-10-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/21/2013 9:28 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: == THE DILEMMA == Therefore my question (or questions) is: is there any chance that a K-mount mirrorless will appear in the near future (i.e. 6 months till it hits the shelf)? Or should I buy the K-01 while it's still available in

Re: Pentax K-01 follow-up? (or other Pentax K-mount mirrorless)

2013-10-21 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/21/2013 9:28 PM, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote: == THE DILEMMA == Therefore my question (or questions) is: is there any chance that a K-mount mirrorless will appear in the near future (i.e. 6 months till