High ISO (was Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page)

2013-02-25 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013, Mark C wrote: On 2/21/2013 9:57 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Gotcha. That does make the K-01 a little more tempting. I like TAv because I want to control shutter/aperture without thinking. I spent yesterday afternoon with a professional photographer [*], and he made a 13x20 print

Re: High ISO (was Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page)

2013-02-25 Thread Mark C
On 2/25/2013 9:04 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Out of curiosity, how much testing have you done with high ISO? I don't mean 100% blowups where you can see every blemish, but full-image shots on a large monitor or large-ish prints (like the 13x20 I have). I wouldn't have believed how little noise

Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Cool... Good chance for people to get one why they're offered for sale... Personally though - I ain't gettin' it... On 2/20/2013 5:55 PM, Darren Addy wrote: http://www.pentax.jp/english/products/others.html BH still has the bodies in your choice of colors for $299. Get one with the DA40 for

Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-21 Thread Mark C
On 2/20/2013 10:32 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Maybe I'm missing something, but is the live view on the K-01 that much better than the K-5's? I don't see improvement on the K-30 relative to the K-5, though supposedly the K-30 is better. Focus peaking makes all the difference. For high magnification

Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-21 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013, Mark C wrote: On 2/20/2013 10:32 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Maybe I'm missing something, but is the live view on the K-01 that much better than the K-5's? I don't see improvement on the K-30 relative to the K-5, though supposedly the K-30 is better. Focus peaking makes all

Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-21 Thread P. J. Alling
Pentaximaging .com doesn't have it officially discontinued so I bet there's a ton of them unsold in the US. On 2/20/2013 10:55 AM, Darren Addy wrote: http://www.pentax.jp/english/products/others.html BH still has the bodies in your choice of colors for $299. Get one with the DA40 for an extra

Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-21 Thread P. J. Alling
On the other hand they no longer show the black version and the white is not featured, so I guess they just have a ton of the Yellow Designer model. On 2/21/2013 11:50 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Pentaximaging .com doesn't have it officially discontinued so I bet there's a ton of them unsold in

Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-21 Thread Mark C
On 2/21/2013 9:57 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Ah-ha -- turns out the K-30 has a delay in displaying focus peaking (about half a second after focusing), so that's why I didn't see it earlier (because I was rushing it a bit). Well, that is good to know. I haven't paid any attention to the K-30 but

K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-20 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.pentax.jp/english/products/others.html BH still has the bodies in your choice of colors for $299. Get one with the DA40 for an extra $60. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-20 Thread Christine Nielsen
Mine is on the truck right now, out for delivery...! I decided that, if for $350, I could get the k-5 sensor, a 40mm lens, an always in my purse camera, one I wouldn't mind the kids borrowing, and maybe try focus peaking for some macro/jewelery work I shoot, then... why not? Besides, the

Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-20 Thread Mark C
I have no regrets at all regarding purchase of the K-01. When it first was announced I contemplated getting one and replacing my K-7 with it. The K-7 is just a backup for my K-5, and sees virtually no use. I am beginning to think that the k-01 could fill the backup role *and* provide value by

Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-20 Thread lrc
Interesting point. I wonder how much I could get for my K-x? Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: I have no regrets at all regarding purchase of the K-01. When it first was announced I contemplated getting one and replacing my K-7 with it. The K-7 is just a backup for my K-5, and sees virtually

Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-20 Thread Bong Manayon
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 12:12 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Mine is on the truck right now, out for delivery...! I decided that, if for $350, I could get the k-5 sensor, a 40mm lens, an always in my purse camera, one I wouldn't mind the kids borrowing, and maybe try focus

Re: K-01 now on the official discontinued model page

2013-02-20 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Mark C wrote: I have no regrets at all regarding purchase of the K-01. When it first was announced I contemplated getting one and replacing my K-7 with it. The K-7 is just a backup for my K-5, and sees virtually no use. I am beginning to think that the k-01 could fill