But it doesn't have a small form factor.
It's small in all the ways to make it /look/ smaller. But it's
footprint is pretty much the same as a K-5.
The people repeating the hype of that it's ultra compact seem to be
those who've no actual experience with the Pentax APS-C flagships since
the K-7. Even the K-3 is essentially the same size.
Ricoh has made the right shoulder of the camera smaller by shaving off
some of the top plate, and giving it a smaller battery so that they
could have interchangeable plastic grips, but if you compare the
cameras here <http://camerasize.com/compare/#706,372> the K-5 takes up
/less/ actual space in all dimensions.
True the K-P weighs a bit less, but not enough that you'd actually notice.
It will probably feel smaller in your hand, but not necessarily in a
good way. I've never had used a K-3 but the K-5 has about the best grip
I've ever had on a camera. I've heard it said that the K-3 is even better.
Now that I think about it the K-S1 was pretty much an exercise in design
which satisfied no one, aimed at a market segment they had fundamentally
no understanding of. The same team looked at the criticism of that
design and actually took it to heart. However now they've gone too far
in the other direction aiming at a different market segment they also
have no fundamental understanding of.
On 3/11/2017 3:10 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:
I like the design of the KP. The small form factor, and the higher ISO
made me almost decide to pre-order the KP to upgrade from my K-5.
For use in the theatre, low light performance is important to me.
But the price gap of the KP with K-1 is not that great, so I bought
the K-1 instead.
But now I need something lightweight for longer walks. The K-5 with a
prime lens will do for now.
You can't have one camera for all purposes.
Henk
Op 2017-03-10 om 21:37 schreef Malcolm Smith:
P. J. Alling wrote:
Which reinforces all my biases so I'm posting a link to it here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjSNou9cQq0
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