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K-1's are on the way...

Papa_Lazarou
Posted 29/04/2016 - 13:42 Link
Still waiting for Parcelfarce.
Should've known they'd make me wait. Out on a shoot at 4pm - it's agonizing!
BarryPearson
Posted 29/04/2016 - 13:44 Link
Mine arrived about an hour ago. (Battery grip to follow, ETA next Tuesday).
malcolmk
Posted 29/04/2016 - 14:43 Link
Thought I'd calibrate my lenses before taking the K1 out. Not sure I want it to get wet on its first outing anyway.

It was reassuring to find that 15-30, 24-70, 7-200 and 150-450 needed no adjustments whatever. My two K3s needed quite large positive adjustments on all my lenses (15-30 and 24-70 not tested on APS-C).

I like the attention to detail right down to the mount plug reverting to the original locking style.

So far so very good and unlike some who don't agree, I prefer the new position of the play button, it allows one handed operation.
grahamcoad
Posted 29/04/2016 - 15:11 Link
grahamcoad wrote:
Mine has reached Cornwall's Parcelforce depot. 7 am, so is within 50 miles!

.......And, by the time I got home from an early meeting it had arrived.

First impressions,,,it's black, very black....a bit bigger all round than the K-3. Adjusted viewfinder to suit eye. Big viewfinder, lots of clever stuff...fitted my O-ME53 magnifying eyecup, even better!!!
Fitted an Op Tech strap and adjusted to suit,

Been going through the menus, setting my preferences.

Thank you SRS Microsystems for good communication, a good deal and prompt service.

Than you Ricoh for making it.
K-1, Sigma 12-24mm DG EX, Sigma 24-70mm DG EX, K-3, White K-01 with 40mm XS and white 35mm f2.4, SMC Pentax FA 1.8 31mm AL Limited, 43mm f1.9 Limited, 77mm f1.8 Limited, Sigma 17-50 f2.8, SMC Pentax DA* 50-135 f2.8, MX + SMC M 50mm f1.4, SMC A 50mm f1.4, SMC A 50mm f1.2, Spotmatic F 55mm f1.8, ES with 55mm f1.8 and 28mm f3.5, Program Plus (Chrome) with SMC A 50mm f1.7, Pentax 6x7, Leica ii, plus misc. odds and sods)
Edited by grahamcoad: 29/04/2016 - 15:11
RobL
Posted 29/04/2016 - 15:25 Link
Away from home all yesterday, kept checking emails and bank account. No activity there so I phoned SRS when I got home, turns out there was a discrepancy on my address so the payment hadn't gone through. Drove down to Watford this morning to collect, it's great to see the shop and the faces behind the communications. Nice also to see the Pentax display not tucked away at the back and looking a bit uncared for as in some other places. Just waiting for the battery to charge!
whatsthisbuttondo
Posted 29/04/2016 - 16:20 Link
mine here just having a play surprised using the 150-450 with 1.4 convert or it thinks it's got an apsc lens on
stu62
Posted 29/04/2016 - 16:20 Link
RobL wrote:
Away from home all yesterday, kept checking emails and bank account. No activity there so I phoned SRS when I got home, turns out there was a discrepancy on my address so the payment hadn't gone through. Drove down to Watford this morning to collect, it's great to see the shop and the faces behind the communications. Nice also to see the Pentax display not tucked away at the back and looking a bit uncared for as in some other places. Just waiting for the battery to charge!

take it its the first time you have been and did you like the experience of a proper camera shop as they is not many about like that now
malcolmk
Posted 29/04/2016 - 16:34 Link
whatsthisbuttondo wrote:
mine here just having a play surprised using the 150-450 with 1.4 convert or it thinks it's got an apsc lens on


The 1.4x is crop only according to Ricoh.

Quick tests show that my 55 f1.4 DA is very usable but the 35mm Limited Macro has some vignetting and the 14mm DA barely covers the APC circle, let alone FF.
Edited by malcolmk: 29/04/2016 - 16:41
RobL
Posted 29/04/2016 - 17:05 Link
Yes, stu62, I have not been before but previously visited Clifton Cameras a couple of times which is also very good but with less stock on display. Whenever I order any camera equipment online I always check the site has a proper shop I can visit if needs be. I was in Jessops Oxford Street yesterday, hence my comment about "some other places", thinking to buy a couple of memory cards but they seemed a bit clueless and the prices for them were well over the top. A bit miffed to see in Jessops a K50 package with 18-55 lens + 55-300mm lens all for £399.00 which I bought separately a while ago, but a really good deal if anyone is interested.
DaveKitson
Posted 29/04/2016 - 17:06 Link
malcolmk wrote:

So far so very good and unlike some who don't agree, I prefer the new position of the play button, it allows one handed operation.

I'm sure I'll get used to it, but I must have activated LiveView about a hundred times today whilst intending to look at images...
grahamcoad
Posted 29/04/2016 - 17:09 Link
Cant stop playing with the K-1's really clever rear monitor.......not just the all direction tilt but a flip up as well!

Also getting used to the new top display and control wheels..will be a time saver and useful.

Will try the fancy light show later when it gets dark!!

K-1, Sigma 12-24mm DG EX, Sigma 24-70mm DG EX, K-3, White K-01 with 40mm XS and white 35mm f2.4, SMC Pentax FA 1.8 31mm AL Limited, 43mm f1.9 Limited, 77mm f1.8 Limited, Sigma 17-50 f2.8, SMC Pentax DA* 50-135 f2.8, MX + SMC M 50mm f1.4, SMC A 50mm f1.4, SMC A 50mm f1.2, Spotmatic F 55mm f1.8, ES with 55mm f1.8 and 28mm f3.5, Program Plus (Chrome) with SMC A 50mm f1.7, Pentax 6x7, Leica ii, plus misc. odds and sods)
pgweber
Posted 29/04/2016 - 17:12 Link
Have you found out yet whether it can track a moving subject and keep it in focus?
Peter

Pentax K5
Pentax DA 18-55 Mk1, 50-200 (Samsung), 16-45, 55-300 Mk1, 35 f/2.4
Pentax MZ6 + FA28-90, FA50 f/1.4, M 50 f/1.7
Tamron 80-210mm & 28mm
grahamcoad
Posted 29/04/2016 - 17:19 Link
Hardly, lol... in between cleaning, shopping, looking after kids and preparing meals, and fiddling with the K-1 in between?

Serious stuff will start tomorrow.
K-1, Sigma 12-24mm DG EX, Sigma 24-70mm DG EX, K-3, White K-01 with 40mm XS and white 35mm f2.4, SMC Pentax FA 1.8 31mm AL Limited, 43mm f1.9 Limited, 77mm f1.8 Limited, Sigma 17-50 f2.8, SMC Pentax DA* 50-135 f2.8, MX + SMC M 50mm f1.4, SMC A 50mm f1.4, SMC A 50mm f1.2, Spotmatic F 55mm f1.8, ES with 55mm f1.8 and 28mm f3.5, Program Plus (Chrome) with SMC A 50mm f1.7, Pentax 6x7, Leica ii, plus misc. odds and sods)

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