My right hip has been disintegrating due to osteoarthritis for at least the past twenty-eight years. It was okay until about two years ago, and then started degrading at an accelerated, and accelerating, rate.
On October 12, I had a total hip replacement procedure performed. Walking about now, even just waiting for the wound and tissues to heal, is the first time I'm able to walk without pain since at least five years ago. This is going to be great! I'm very excited by it. :-) Yes, I wanted a better eye-level framing implementation and took the cue from my Leica X, which I use almost exclusively with an optical finder. The LCD is excellent on both cameras for when you want precise framing and focusing, but it just doesn't work well (for me) with standard eye-level framing. The K-01 really is a very nice camera. It has a solid, quality feel and is very responsive; the compactness is great too. The buffer is thin, but it's not really designed as a fast, sequence capture kind of camera anyway. It feels a lot like my Berning Robot II, in fact. Godfrey > On Oct 27, 2015, at 8:10 AM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > <godfreydigio...@me.com> 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 >>> <godfreydigio...@me.com> 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 >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
