On 3/11/2017 11:29 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:
P. J. Alling wrote:
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.
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You win PJ;
I only own one (so what do I know) and have use several hundred's shots on
it?
It's a really great camera in the Pentax tradition.
Malcolm
And that end my contribution to the KP comments here.
I don't win. It's not a matter of winning.
Malcom, I'm not saying it doesn't take great photos. and I like the
look of the K-P, with some reservations. But the look isn't what makes
it comfortable to carry it in your hand all day.
It's just that it's not what it's been hyped to be. The K-S1 took
excellent photos. It's too bad the K-S1 was in a package that kept so
many people from actually using it. I think the K-P is ultimately in
the same boat.
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