Yup. Agree. The K-01 was hampered mostly by prices that were way to high for way too long (at least here in the U.S.) Now it's a Smart Buy at these prices. If you want the great K-5 sensor in a small(er) light(er) package the K-01 is a worthy backup. Has focus peaking also (which the K-5 lacked). Many like it for video. I'm planning to use mine for a lot of time lapse work next year in my weather work while I'm shooting stills with the K-3.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Donald Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: > YES! the under rated K-01. My photo "Prairie Abstract"which was in this > year's PDML book and also won 3rd prize in B&W at the Iowa State Fair > photography Event (4000 entries) was taken with k-01 & the smc 40mm xs > pancake lens which is another great lens for this camera. The utility of > this camera got lost in the hoopla about its design. Sure it looks like an > Argus C 35 but it takes great pictures. I think looking through the back of > the camera is an aid to composition & with stabilization I had no problem > with blur. Alas as my carry camera these days is Olympus EM 10 so the 01 > doesn't get as much use as it deserves. Looking forward to seeing some > photos from you. > > On 10/12/15 10:05 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 17:57:09 -0400 >> From: Mark Roberts<[email protected]> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]> >> Subject: Picked up a second-hand Pentax >> Message-ID:<[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> >> So a few weeks ago I sold off all my Sony gear (the A850 and a few >> lenses) in anticipation of the coming Pentax full-frame. This was >> before the announcement of the latest delay of the Pentax full-frame, >> of course. So after the announcement of the delay I thought I should >> pick up an extra camera body just to have a backup on hand. I was >> pretty surprised to see that even the K-5 body is holding its value >> better than I'd expected. But I found I could get a K-01 mirrorless on >> ebay for around $250.00 so I thought "why not?" Same sensor as my K-5 >> in an even smaller body. Might even be worth keeping as a collector's >> item (there were big headlines in the design world a couple of months >> ago when Marc Newson got hired by Apple to work on some undisclosed >> major project). >> >> So, after a couple of week's use, here are my initial impressions: >> >> * Build quality: Wow. Feels very solid and well made. >> >> * Seems much smaller than the K-5 even though you wouldn't expect that >> much difference from the measurements. >> >> * Now that my near vision has become a bit worse with age I tend to >> carry my reading glasses with me all the time, so lack the of >> viewfinder isn't as irksome as I'd expected. >> >> * Great for use when traveling by motorcycle: During a quick stop for >> photos the lack of viewfinder isn't an issue because you couldn't use >> a viewfinder with a helmet on anyway;-) >> >> * Ergonomics and user interface are really excellent. My only nit is >> that the shutter release button isn't as easy to find (in some >> situations) as I'd prefer. Perhaps it's just a matter of getting to >> know the camera a bit better. >> >> * It's a great unobtrusive camera for street shooting. >> >> * It's an excellent match for the 21mm Limited. >> >> * Contrast detect AF works much better than I'd expected. I've left it >> on "face detect" AF mode and that seems to work even on subjects with >> no faces in them. >> >> * My only real complaint is that the auto-bracketing function makes >> the camera take all 3 shots with a single press of the shutter button >> rather than letting me choose the moment for each shot individually. >> (The K-5 lets me choose which way auto-bracketing works.) >> >> Generally I'm pretty amazed at what you can get from this camera, >> considering its low price on the used camera market. >> > > > > -- > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
