Pentax K-01

If they bring out a version with an articulated screen I will buy one. It will then offer me something that my K5 does not and would become an ideal backup camera for high/low/awkward shooting positions. At the moment I use a Canon G12 for these situations.

its easy isnt it. i wonder how much the job pays???

As for the Apple thing. apple make products people dont know they have a use for buy soon see thebenefits of that product, along with clever marketing and pr, name any other brand that gets it lproduct launches on BBC news?? Theyre an event and this is where pentax repeatedly gets it wrong. leaking product specs and photos to tech sites come on thats child play. where is the sophistication of a strategic product launch with proper press conferences etc its not expensive to do... some times pentax feels like its run by some guy in his shed...

Does anyone know why the new XS lenses won't work on existing Pentax cameras?

I've seen photos of the 40 mm on a k5... so looks like it may in fact work...

I'd assume they project to far inside and thus foul on the mirror.
The Photos of one mounted on a K5 are almost certainly photoshopped. Adam on Pentaxforums had details of the K-01 in advance, but according to his posts today hasn't yet had the chance to play with it. The K5 in question is his...

Ignoring the camera for the moment, there is a new lens roadmap

...........and on the lens roadmap, there is a long, long lens shown for 2012

We know

https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/new-pentax-lens-roadmap-33158

What we need:

Medium format (D645) for real professionals
DSLR APS-C (like K-5) or even Full Frame for real professionals and advanced amateurs
DSLR APS-C (like K-r) for entry level users and advanced amateurs
mirrorless DSLR with K-mount as K-01
Compact
ext.

.......ummm, I think we already have all of those except the full-frame?

I think Pentax is gonna bypass ff for the short term and release a k-01 styled Evil with the sensor from the 645d.......
they will call it the 645 FUGLY-01

Here's how it's being reported in the style/design world:

http://hypebeast.com/2012/02/pentax-k-01-by-marc-newson/

Interestingly the first comment is 'I've never owned a Pentax but this looks like it could be my first.'

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let's keep an eye on the mac fanboy page to see how macheads recieve it...

I don't know what to think about this camera. It is the fugliest of the fuglies in yellow but doesn't look so bad in silver or black. I am not fond of the two tone colouration, would prefer all black.

This is the problem with hiring a 'designer', there is no real sense of ergonomics and thought of control positioning. The e-dial looks cheap and nasty as do the other dials, buttons and switches.

But, this could be amazing for photos and video.

Keep the specifications, fire Marc Newson and get a camera designer to thin it out a little and give it a more elegant form.

The K-r and K-5 are things of beauty as were their predecessors. This thing is just weird.

No complaints about the concept though, k-mount mirrorless is good.

Other thing that could have been improved. Have a VERY empty 'mirror box' and have internal lenses with a long flange especially for the mirrorless sytem. Canon did something similar with their APS-C lenses and their smaller SLRS can still take 'normal' lenses.

They should have gotten someone from Apple to look at it. Can you imagine, all aluminium (exterior finish too) APS-C K-mount mirrorless to match the FA Limiteds as well as some silver DA XSs?

Based on his Talby phone, I think that's what many people though Marc Newsom would deliver too.

Really?? they pretty much look like other DSLRs to me, a tool, certainly not beautiful!