Just to go back to EVF's for a moment. I find it interesting that the Pentax X-5 sports Pentax's first EVF in a long while (frankly, I read that somewhere, but don't know WHAT the previous Pentax EVF product even was). The X-5 also sports an articulating LCD screen. If I were prognosticating, I would say that they were trying out some new engineering designs on a budget camera and then planning on incorporating them in more upscale cameras, down the line.
It really wouldn't surprise me if there was a K-02 in the works, with both features. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 12, 2013, at 12:21 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I bought both my FA31 and my FA77 back when I had the K100. >> They are wonderful lenses, but I'm very glad that I'm not stuck >> with the sensor performance that was available six years ago. >> >> You will note that Hasselblads decouple the lens from the sensor. > > You mean like the A12 Camera Mount? > > The other camera units are like having five individual fixed lens cameras > that all share the same body controls and accessory interfaces. > >> If the GXR had a module that let me use Pentax glass in full auto, >> with the sensor performance of the K-5. In otherwords if I could >> use it as a mirroless K-5, as well as a mirrorless leica, I'd >> be all over it like a fratboy on a keg of beer. > > That notion has been passed around the Ricoh community a bazillion times > since Ricoh bought Pentax. I doubt it will ever happen as the Pentax KAF > mount is both deep (not very compact) and the control interface to Pentax KAF > lenses gets a bit complicated, which would drive up the costs yet some more. > The K-01 was a better bet for Pentax lenses, but of course they missed > because they didn't provide an EVF port for those that wanted an eye level > viewfinder too. > >> What is the sensor performance of the m module anyways? > > The sensor is based on the popular 12Mpixel Sony APS-C sensor, that's one > generation prior to the K5 line. A very good sensor, with good dynamic range > and sensitivity up to ISO 1600-2560 depending on your tolerance. Very high > acutance as it is an AA-less design. Special correction lenses for RF mount > register lenses, and the mount unit supplies lens correction software that > operates on both raw and JPEG, just like the Leica M bodies. > > It's still the best digital body to use with an M mount lens short of the > Leica digital Ms. > > G > -- > 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. -- Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
