On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:42 AM, steve harley wrote: > i read the press release and watch the linked video interview > > <http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/02/Pentax_K-01_announcement#press> > > alas the hype about visual aspects of the design and the reputation of the > designer is front and center, a huge mistake in my view > > the interview with Mark Newson is helpful because as he handles the camera i > got a better impression of it; the camera looks fairly usable within the > constraints of "no viewfinder" and "not small" — those constraints are > challenging and i wish more had been made of them; there is more sense of the > handling in this video: > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-lSQlvqFKs>
He said something very interesting in the video, a detail that has been overlooked in every comment I've read so far, but when you get down to it almost the only thing that matters: "It should out perform the K-5". Really, are you going to look at the camera? Or look at the pictures you take with the camera? -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

