Thank you for your comments, John and Henk!
John:
Every so often I re-evaluate the grip option, and so far I was not
compelled to use one:
I have had Zx-5n, *ist DS, K-5, K-7, and with all of them, I've valued the
compact size of the body. Following your thought about the extra battery,
I've looked again, - but decided to hold off. After all a spare battery
takes much less space in the bag.
That relates to Henk's suggestion about the bag size.
I have a few bags: a huge one, a messenger bag, and a back-pack that has
not been used much recently.
The huge one (Tamrac Pro 12) is for when I am going for a photo-shooting
session or event, and need the convenience of quickly reaching for the
2nd body, or whatever...
I also use it as the 2nd bag with all the spares when I am on a car trip,
like the recent one to Yellowstone, etc.
That one couldn't be any bigger, or I'd need a pony to carry it, as my
wife has been suggesting for years.
For the past 7+ years, my "main" bag has been Vanguard Up-Rise II 33
Messenger Bag. (It's traveled to 4 continents.) The very important feature
of it is that it [almost] fits the size limit for the "personal item" for
air travel. So, I can not go larger.
Cheers,
Igor
Op 2020-08-20 om 09:29 schreef Henk Terhell:
Igor, I think you need a larger camera bag for the K-1.
The position of the live-view button on the right is a more logical
place, where your thumb is anyway. I'm now searching for this button every
time I hold my K-5 instead of the K-1.
John Thu, 20 Aug 2020 08:16:57 -0700 wrote:
I like the battery grip for all my Pentax DSLRs. On the K-1 it comes
with an auxiliary tray that allows you to use AA batteries in a pinch,
although I don't think I've ever needed to use them more than a couple
of times.
Eventually you get used to the different control layout.
On Thu, 20 Aug 2020, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Hi All!
I just had a big "field" test for the K-1, - on a trip to national parks.
I have been using it for a bit here and there, but this was the first one
with many photos taken. Most K-1 owners have had it for a while, - so it is
not new to them, so, my apology for boring you with my rambling. :-)
The first, and the biggest impression (which I already had before), - K-1
eats battery much faster than K-5 and K-7.
After some 430 photos in one day, the battery was almost empty.
Unless I am mixing it up, I seem to remember shooting some 600-800 shots on
one battery with either K-7 or K-5.
The second impression is that after a few months of using this camera, I
still keep pushing by mistake the live-view button on the left side when I
need the "view photos" button on the left side that used to be there on
the previous models.
One more observation: While putting the camera into my photo bag and taking
it out, I keep accidentally rotating the little diopter adjustment knob. In
K-5 and K-7, it was a linear slider, and it was hidden behind the rubber
shade.
Less often, I also accidentally rotate the "2nd" big knob on top - at the
most right position. Occasionally, I also rotate (accidentally) the "1st" big
knob on the right - the one that chooses the parameter being varied by the
2nd knob.
I don't remember ever having any knobs accidentally rotated on any of my
previous cameras (7, of which 4 were Pentax).
Otherwise, I greatly enjoy the camera.
I haven't done much of "shooting from the hip" with it yet, - but it seems to
be aiming right. (I had problems with that with one of the earlier Pentax
DSLRs.)
Thanks for reading!
Igor
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