Thanks for posting that.
His analysis is accurate and reinforces some of the things I'v e been
mulling over recently. My own analysis has been that Pentax continues to
lag in camera features and also in lenses. The K1 closes the gap in
terms of feature. It still lags in terms of things like AF but leads in
some of the sensor shift based features. But in terms of lenses, I'm not
sure that problem will ever go away. I'm still using an A* 200 f4 macro
for field work - been using this lens (not this specific one - the first
one wore out) since 1998. There really are no alternative long macros
available to the Pentax user. And that is just one example - there are
gaps in the available lenses for Pentax, unless you go back to used /
film era lenses. And that just raises the question of how well they will
work on a FF sensor.
So I look at the K1 and wonder if it will work well with my existing
film era glass. And if not can are replacement lenses even agailable.
(In the case of a longer macro - no, they are not.) And if I can find
replacement lenses what would it cost to rebuild my system. And do I
really want to invest that much into Pentax, given all its limitations.
I wonder if I should just take he money that I would spend on the K1 and
24-70 lens and use that as a starter for another brand. The costs
analysis in the review was very insightful regarding that possible path.
Fortunately for me, I'm really into film these days and the Mz-S and 6x7
are my go to cameras. May as well burn film while it is still around. So
I'm postponing any decisions on the K1 for the time being.
Mark
On 6/19/2016 5:20 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
Tony Northrup did a review of the K-1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIVfRji8JMM
I can't really argue with any of the points he makes on the various
shortcomings of the K-1. He is also generous with his praise on the
things he likes.
In short, he loves it for landscape, it sucks at sports, he doesn't
like it for portraiture for the same reasons he doesn't like it for
sports (focus points and buffer size), tethering sucks (USB 2.0 WTF???)
But he does love a lot of the features it has: tilt screen, gps, wifi ...
He makes a good point on lens availability and cost. I think that will
change over time.
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