On Mar 22, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Miserere wrote: > Apologies if this was already posted, but I didn't see it mentioned. > > Our long-lost president, Ned Bunnell, has resurfaced. He is well, > healthy, and turns out he'd been hiding out in his California home > taking photos of his dog using the K-01 + 31 Ltd. I could think of > many worse fates that could have befallen him (though none that > include a camera). I like the way the focus peaking is implemented in > the K-01. Maybe Godfrey can tell us if it works well in real life as I > believe it's the same method used in the Ricoh GXR. > > -- Feedback from K-01 Test Drive at A+R: > http://nedbunnell.posterous.com/feedback-from-k-01-test-drive-at-ar
OMFG, I don't doubt that the K-01 performs incredibly well, but... > The camera is shockingly easy to use, one of those cameras that turns any > user–even the most basic user–into a professional photographer: it’s a camera > that definitely would scare photographers, concerned that their profession is > in jeopardy. Actually, yes, the profession is in jeopardy. > One of the craziest features on the camera is that it has the “40mm Pancake > Lens,” which is the world’s slimmest lens. I don't know if I'd call the lens crazy, but it should be very nice. I know how quickly I grew to love my DA40. The article reads like someone who has never used a real camera before. Compared to iPhones and compact point and shoots, the performance of the K-01 should blow them right out of the water. Considering that the author of this article is squarely in the target demographic of the K-01, their enthusiasm for it bodes well. > > -- K-01 with DA, FA Lenses > http://nedbunnell.posterous.com/k-01-with-da-fa-lenses > > -- K-01 Focus Peaking > http://nedbunnell.posterous.com/k-01-focus-peaking Very cool. It's too bad that Pentax will never offer that as a firmware upgrade on the K-5. The sensor and processor probably could not handle it. This is a very telling statement: Hi Steve, it's probably better to say the still image quality of K-01 is very close to the K-5, but what's different with this sensor is that it's optimized for video. Hope this helps. Ned > > There are a few more posts about the K-01, but these seemed like the > most interesting. Despite the constant background of "this isn't the camera I want, so nobody will buy it", I think that the K-01 could do well. It has some very nice features, and I could see that it could do some things much better than the K-5, such as manual focusing in low light (that focus peaking looks very interesting), as well as video. If I have real income in a year, I might even look at trading in the storm trooper on one, especially if they come out with a fast wide lens for it. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
