On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > 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?
It has a new processing engine. I suspect that the improved performance will be in jpeg rendering. That will be especially important for the market they're aiming at. I would be afraid of its manual focus capability. Focusing the k-5 manually in live mode is not a happy experience. Paul > > -- > 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. -- 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.
