well... I ran out of money last season (I put enough money into equipment, so the actual film making boils down to other people's money) so production stopped but we're fired up again and will finish shooting this summer in Alberta... I'm doing this as an art project with the goal of doing EVERYTHING under three grand.... so I'm doing the filming directing, camera work and stunt work... lol!

last year I filmed this as practice.
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.. next summer I'll be going off a bigger cliff into a glacier lake...

my main character from an indie film I'm makin...
some of which will be shot on my kr
c&c welcome.

three steps to making the impossible possible...
!) do the best job you can with what they give you.
2) pour drinks before showing client.
3) take check to bank before client sobers up...

then it's no longer your problem.

the k-01 isn't a dslr, and has no viewfinder except for the rear lcd.... but the image quality you'll get will astound you.. baically the same image quality at the k-5... and since you're using manual focus lenses, you'll apreciat the focus peaking effect and you can always add a hoodman loup over the lcd for outdoor shooting....

k-01
k30 with 18-55

I still hang around here...
the kr is a nice choice.... you'll need a screw mount to k mount adaptor (buy the cheap chinese ones off ebay) and any pentax d-slr the kr is an awesome choice if you can find one.... it isn't a d-slr but the k-01 can be had for under $350.00 (try vistec in toronto)... I have an old ds2 collecting dust.... but it isn't a good buy due tot he low cost of better models like a used kr, or k10

tried editing k-5 raw file on an old intel 286 with 8 kb of ram lately?
sorry but you must consider the computer as part of the cost of EDITING, sorting and storing the digital files.. and if you upgrade your cameras, you have to look at your computers too...

O.o

a new mount for pentax would not surprise me.... the rumour of the demise of the kmount is bs... but...
a meduim format sized k-01 taking lenses with a new mount would make sense... esp if released with a 645 lens adaptor...
think about it... shave off the mirror box from the 645-d tack on a shorter registration distance mount and it's done... and who would complain about get the 645d sensor (or even one of the new 24 mp ff sony sensors) in a mirrorless the size of the old fuji medium format rangefinder? esp if it retailed for well under $4.000.00?