The K-S2 may not have the LEDs in the grip, but it still has the light
up OK button, the light up GPS button and the Light up Shutter button,
all of which are too blinky for me.
All the other things that the K-S2 can do are wonderful, but unless you
use them the only reason to pay extra money is for the extra resolution,
which isn't really that big a deal.
I don't know about you but I was never excited about the K-S1. One look
at it and I knew a.) it was aimed at Hipsters and Japanese school girls,
and b.) it would actually fail in the Hipster market. Which it appears
to have done. The Camera Store called it one of the worst cameras of
the year, when it was introduced, not that I take everything they say as
gospel, but their analysis matched mine so I'll take it. The K-01 was
at least interesting, a bad misfire, maybe, but interesting.
On 10/30/2015 9:35 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 8:09 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
The K-50 is still available new, and it's a bit more traditional than the
K-S2. No blinky lights...
When you speak of blinky lights, I think you are thinking of the K-S1,
not the K-S2.
Speaking of which, the K-S1 with kit lens is only $199 (after $100
rebate) at Samy's:
Blinky lights aside, that's a seriously stupid price for a 20MP camera
with 5.4 fps and an optical viewfinder. The K-S1 also can take
advantage of the 16 GB Pentax FLU-card for tethering to your phone or
tablet via web browser. That's a crazy amount of features available
for the money. I've got half a mind to sell my K-01 and upgrade to the
K-S1 as my back-up camera.
http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Pentax-K-S1-versus-Pentax-K-01___971_783
That doesn't tell the whole story however.
The K-S1 can also bracket up to 5 EV (K-01 is 3EV) and has a faster
shortest shutter speed (1/6000) to the K-01's 1/4000. Also the maximum
ISO doubles the K-01.
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