That is a fine collection of street images. I particularly like the lady in white. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Derby Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, as you know the price of the K-01 is at a pretty attractive these days. > Some wine-fueled online retail therapy got me a K-01/40mm XS kit. My first > impressions from today's shooting > > * Surprisingly, for a camera that initally looked fugly to me, I quite like > the look of it in real life. It feels clean, especially the rear that has a > lovely uncluttered look. Coming from the cramped X100/OM-D design, the rear > buttons are easy to hit, and I can do it without looking now. > > * Battery life is great. One battery all day. > > * The rubber grip is terrific. Vertical ridges make for very reassuring > ergonomics. > > * Image quality is as you would expect, fine, given that great sensor. > > Some things I am less enamoured with. It may change once I get used to it. > > * Autofocus is not good (I've updated the firmware to the latest which was > suppose to improve this). I think the original X100, warts and all, had a > better hit rate. The 40mm XS is a cute lens, but it hunts around really > badly. I had to switch to the DA21 I had as backup. Even with the wide > angle, I missed plenty of shots. > > * Exposure is very odd. It seems to first tries to get focus, then meters. I > had lots of shots overexposed because I didn't allow the fraction of a > second to stop down. Maybe the wetware is at fault here, but more > investigation is necessary > > * Argh, the buffer is awful. My Epson R-D1 is better. Take a shot in DNG, > there is a good 1 or 2 sec wait until you can take the next one. > > * Not as quiet as I would have thought. I knew this, because I played around > with one before purchasing. But it is definitely louder than the K-5. The > 40mm XS is a very grindy lens. If only they made an SDM pancake. > > That said, it is still a fun camera to have. Really feels nice in the hands. > Pics from today. > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12/K01/index.html > > -- > > [email protected] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > > > -- > 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.
