> But for my > personal ergonomics and the kind of photography I'm interested in, the > lack of an eye-level viewfinder makes it unusable.
This sentence sits perfectly in the youtube link that Godfrey posted in another thread: http://youtu.be/4a-dR2V1-0Y B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > John Sessoms > Sent: 04 February 2012 13:21 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: K-01 is here... > > From: Matthew Hunt > > >> I think the main issue for most is that we were hoping for something > >> perceptibly above a K-5, i.e., a new flagship, or barring that, a > >> mirror-less body that still had some significant compelling features > >> above a K-5. That does not seem to have happened. > > > > It is widely rumored that a DSLR will be announced at CP+ next week, > > and there's other rumors of announcements later in the year. Like > you, > > I want to see a K-5 successor. The K-01 isn't it, but that doesn't > > mean it's not coming. > > > > (If Pentax were pushing hard to drop DSLRs in favor of mirrorless > > compacts, would we see a ~550mm lens on the roadmap? That doesn't > seem > > like a good match to me...) > > The K-01 doesn't seem as ugly to me as some have indicated. But for my > personal ergonomics and the kind of photography I'm interested in, the > lack of an eye-level viewfinder makes it unusable. > > I just can't accomplish what I want to with a > "hold-it-out-at-arms-length-and-look-at-the-TV-screen-on-the-back" > camera. I don't think there's anything "wrong" with the K-01, but it's > not the camera I need or want. > > -- > 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.
