Pentax K-01
Posted 08/02/2012 - 16:45 - Helpful Comment
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K10D wrote:
Don, I wear glasses for reading and while typing this. When out and about I don't need them to drive or read shop signs etc. So my cameras are set to match my eyesight. I very rarely pixel peep as I don't use preview.
For me, to use a rear screen means wearing glasses and then either looking over the top of them or removing them to see the rest of the world.
An optical viewfinder is ideal for me. Screens are a hassle. I also used the viewfinder on my video cameras and not a screen.
But others may love it to death.
Best regards
Yes - exactly! This is the point.Don, I wear glasses for reading and while typing this. When out and about I don't need them to drive or read shop signs etc. So my cameras are set to match my eyesight. I very rarely pixel peep as I don't use preview.
For me, to use a rear screen means wearing glasses and then either looking over the top of them or removing them to see the rest of the world.
An optical viewfinder is ideal for me. Screens are a hassle. I also used the viewfinder on my video cameras and not a screen.
But others may love it to death.
Best regards
Dave
Posted 08/02/2012 - 16:53
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There's no doubts about it, 99% of people are perfectly comfortable using a screen.
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There's a lot of doubt about it to 99% of people who just wear glasses for close up. They will have to take them out in the field with them and keep taking them on and off. People don't seem to understand it's not the same as a permanent glasses wearer popping their's up. We don't wear them for anything else and will walk off of cliffs if we walk around in reading glasses!
Dave
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There's a lot of doubt about it to 99% of people who just wear glasses for close up. They will have to take them out in the field with them and keep taking them on and off. People don't seem to understand it's not the same as a permanent glasses wearer popping their's up. We don't wear them for anything else and will walk off of cliffs if we walk around in reading glasses!
Dave
Posted 08/02/2012 - 16:57
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With photography, being short-sighted is arguably more convenient. It means rear screens are not a problem.
Best regards, John
Posted 08/02/2012 - 17:02
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Frogfish wrote:
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I think it was Don that shot down my get-rich-quick business idea by telling me this solves that issue : linkdcweather wrote:
The thing that manufacturers don't understand about viewfinders is that they have dioptre adjustment. There are 20 million people over 50 in the UK and they hold 80% of the wealth. The majority of these wear reading glasses like me. This means you have to put on glasses every time you want to take a photo with an LCD screen whereas the viewfinder can be dioptre corrected to negate this. So in my opinion this makes the camera an unlikely purchase for a massive number of people.
Dave
Absolutely right, I really like the specification and design of the K-01, specially in yellow, but it is of no use to me without a viewfinder. The LCD screen requires too much faffing about with glasses. Such a pity, it IS a lovely modern camera, a future design classic, and I am sure will offer excellent image quality.The thing that manufacturers don't understand about viewfinders is that they have dioptre adjustment. There are 20 million people over 50 in the UK and they hold 80% of the wealth. The majority of these wear reading glasses like me. This means you have to put on glasses every time you want to take a photo with an LCD screen whereas the viewfinder can be dioptre corrected to negate this. So in my opinion this makes the camera an unlikely purchase for a massive number of people.
Dave
So it solves the problem by adding to the cost and making a compact camera stick out more at the back than a DSLR does at the front!!
At least the people who DO wear reading glasses seem to agree. It looks great and if I could see what I was taking a picture of I would love one!
Dave
Posted 08/02/2012 - 18:12
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I saw on another forum, somebody referring to the k-01 as a digital back with k-mount.
Seems like a great way to look at it. No?
Seems like a great way to look at it. No?
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
Posted 08/02/2012 - 18:51
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I wonder if any Designer anywhere in the world will ever again
be willing to do work for Pentax after all the stick that this
camera's had so far without anyone actually using it
be willing to do work for Pentax after all the stick that this
camera's had so far without anyone actually using it
Half Man... Half Pentax ... Half Cucumber
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Posted 08/02/2012 - 18:59
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Algernon wrote:
I wonder if any Designer anywhere in the world will ever again
be willing to do work for Pentax after all the stick that this
camera's had so far without anyone actually using it
Frankly I never heard of the guy before.. so as they say "there's no such as bad publicity.."
I wonder if any Designer anywhere in the world will ever again
be willing to do work for Pentax after all the stick that this
camera's had so far without anyone actually using it
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
Posted 08/02/2012 - 19:53
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I thought Pentax designers were doing just fine before. Buttons in the right places, easy to use menus, compact bodies compared with the opposition,ergonomic shutter release positions,quality optical viewfinders, pleasant to the touch materials etc.
I like my plain black KR BUT am very interested in the new CMOS backlit sensor waterproof Optio WG2 compact. That's hardly dull and no expensive name attached to its design!
I like my plain black KR BUT am very interested in the new CMOS backlit sensor waterproof Optio WG2 compact. That's hardly dull and no expensive name attached to its design!
Posted 08/02/2012 - 20:01
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Pentaxophile wrote:
Can't you have your glasses on a chain?
Alternatively, dSLRs with dioptre adjustment are available, presumably including the one you already own.
Will, that is comedy gold- really made me chuckle- absurd
Can't you have your glasses on a chain?
Alternatively, dSLRs with dioptre adjustment are available, presumably including the one you already own.
Posted 08/02/2012 - 20:05
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okay- i love the way the Q looks but love the spec of the K-01 (with optional viewfinder please)- any chance of these two having a little sexy time and producing a high spec lovechild. whose in?
Posted 08/02/2012 - 21:08
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Alternatively, dSLRs with dioptre adjustment are available, presumably including the one you already own.[/quote]-------------------------------------------------
Of course - that's the whole point. That's why we need it. The LCD screen doesn't and so we can't see it!!!
Of course - that's the whole point. That's why we need it. The LCD screen doesn't and so we can't see it!!!
Posted 09/02/2012 - 11:48
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OMG OMG OMG!!! the Pentax mirrorless is too thick! keeping the k-mount means you lose the benefits of mirrorless which is thinner smaller cameras!
Says the people that want a camera that fits in their shirt pockets.
Morons forgot they need a lens, though...
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
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