Godfrey, What's with the hip? Replacement parts? Looks like a fun kit and the viewfinders get you past the rear screen view. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you all for the good wishes! I appreciate it. > > This is essentially a new camera, intended for the Japanese market; the > included manual and paperwork are all in Japanese. I hunted up the K-01 pages > on the Ricoh-Pentax site and downloaded English manuals and firmware updates, > etc. That will be installed today, and I'll read the manual through as I > always do. > > In truth, however, it's all pretty easy to figure out based on what I know of > Pentax already. > > The DA21 and FA43 were the two lenses I was most reluctant to let go of when > I sold out of Pentax gear. I almost kept my K10D body just so that I could > use these lenses. I tried them with a mount adapter on the Ricoh GXR-M but, > sadly, they didn't have the same magic there that they did on the *ist DS or > K10D. When I saw the K-01 at its first release, I nearly went for one and > re-bought these two lenses, but decided it was just a bit more money than was > sensible (over $3000 at new prices!). Now, with the bodies at $200-250 > easily, and some used lenses available, it made good sense. > > I like having an eye-level finder available; an LCD isn't ideal for that. The > Voigtländer 35 and 75 mm optical viewfinders are each showing a bit less than > their respective lens covers; they're like having a 75-80% coverage SLR > finder. Just right: frame pretty tight with the viewfinder, and the captured > image has enough more space to allow precision cropping when doing a finish > rendering. And they look cool… > > All in all, I'm very pleased with what Pentax and Marc Newsom hath wrought. > And I look forward to using it. Soon as my hip finishes healing up and I can > get around a bit more easily, they'll be with me on a photo walk. :-) > > G > > "Mars is the only known planet inhabited entirely by robots." > >> From: Stephen Esposito >> >> For the photographer who's had everything... >> ;-) > >> From: Donald Guthrie >> >> Welcome to the K-01 clique. Those lenses should work very well. Looking >> forward to photos. > >> From: Bulent Celasun >> >> I am anxious to see what you'll offer us using this awesome kit. > >> From: Darren Addy >> >> Welcome back, o' Prodigal Pentaxian. >> :) >> >> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> It's all arrived and tested. After years of playing with so many Pentax >>> bodies and lenses, this is my favorite Pentax kit of all: >>> >>> https://flic.kr/p/AfvZpS >>> >>> Pentax K-01 Marc Newsom in Yellow >>> FA43mm f/1.9 Limited in Pewter with Voigtländer 75mm optical finder >>> DA21mm f/3.4 Limited in Black with Voigtländer 35mm optical finder >>> >>> It's exactly what I like to shoot with, fits in a tiny bag, weighs almost >>> nothing, and makes very very nice photos! >>> >>> All Hail the Pentaxian! >>> >>> G >>> >>> Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions. > > > > > > -- > 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.
