Well, the rumors were pretty much on target.
Here's the Press Release and summary of specifications:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/02/Pentax_K-01_announcement#press
Things of interest to me:
No eye level viewfinder and apparently no clip on one either :-(
Compatible with M42 lenses
It won't be great in bright light since none of them are. You'll need
to get one of those Delkin hoods. I have one on my E-P2 and it helps
a lot.
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
Well, the rumors were pretty much on target.
Here's the Press
Here is a telling shot form dpreview. It really is as big as the K5
for all practical purposes.
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
It won't be great in bright light since none of them are. You'll need
to get one of those Delkin hoods. I have one on my
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
Here is a telling shot form dpreview. It really is as big as the K5
for all practical purposes.
In which case... I don't get it. But I hope they sell lots.
Reading over my shoulder, my husband commented, What are
I haven't read all of the specifications yet, so I don't know if
there's a significant improvement in any way, such as a new sensor,
but it looks more like a fashion forward statement rather than a
useful tool. I expect it will look quite dated in a very short period
of time. I guess that's part
On 02/02/2012 8:45 AM, p. j. alling wrote:
I expect it will look quite dated in a very short period
of time.
I give it until Feb 8th.
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Primarly it's a cost savings feature. /Good/ glass viewfinders are
expensive, even good mirror prisms are expensive. With what Pentax
saved on a veiwfinder they could afford a big time designer to give it
his signature treatment. Such as it is...
On 2/2/2012 8:43 AM, Christine Nielsen
On 02/02/2012 10:13 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Primarly it's a cost savings feature. /Good/ glass viewfinders are
expensive, even good mirror prisms are expensive. With what Pentax saved
on a veiwfinder they could afford a big time designer to give it his
signature treatment. Such as it is...
On Feb 2, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Brian Walters wrote:
Well, the rumors were pretty much on target.
Here's the Press Release and summary of specifications:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/02/Pentax_K-01_announcement#press
Not as good as I'd hoped, nor as bad as I'd feared.
Things of
The little hole is to fit an inflation nipple like for a basketball.
Add some air and it turns into a K5.
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On Feb 2, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Brian Walters wrote:
Well, the rumors were pretty much on target.
Here's the Press
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