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Comment by Don posted on Pentax K-01 at 03/02/2012 - 20:44
BigJR wrote:
I just can't shake the feeling that it is what a child would have drawn 30 or so years ago if you'd asked them what a camera from the future looked like.
sorry to disapoint, but those were better cameras. They came WITH viewfinders..I just can't shake the feeling that it is what a child would have drawn 30 or so years ago if you'd asked them what a camera from the future looked like.
Comment by Don posted on Pentax K-01 at 03/02/2012 - 18:06
I think the people wanting a k-mount with evf and articulated screen had best wait for Ricoh to release a k-mount grx...
I suspect a weather sealed k-02 with evf is already being developed for release in 1-2 years...
think about it.. if you were Ricoh.. wouldn't you go this way? get your r&d money back, then see what sells better?
I suspect a weather sealed k-02 with evf is already being developed for release in 1-2 years...
think about it.. if you were Ricoh.. wouldn't you go this way? get your r&d money back, then see what sells better?
Comment by Don posted on Pentax K-01 at 03/02/2012 - 18:01
Comment by Don posted on Pentax K-01 at 03/02/2012 - 17:15
Pentaxophile wrote:
But I think the 'designer camera' thing might partly be Pentax testing the water re a K-mount mirrorless... you know, if it does badly they can say it was a one-off design experiment and dump all the blame on Mr Newson . On the other hand it might show that there's an appetite for this sort of thing.
oh come on now... you just aren't seeing the bigger picture.. the k-01 hasn't been shown in Japan yet..Mike-P wrote:
It wouldn't have looked so cool with a Joe Bloggs signature on the base.
With some of the harsh comments the camera is getting, I sort of wish they'd put the Marc Newson signature up front on the prism, and tucked the Pentax logo discreetly away on the base It wouldn't have looked so cool with a Joe Bloggs signature on the base.
But I think the 'designer camera' thing might partly be Pentax testing the water re a K-mount mirrorless... you know, if it does badly they can say it was a one-off design experiment and dump all the blame on Mr Newson . On the other hand it might show that there's an appetite for this sort of thing.
we're being shown the hip version.. in Japan they'll get the hippy version...
put your shades on and look at this:
link
and imagine the k-01 in it's full psychedelic glory...
remember we only got the storm trooper, ferrari red and black kr's...
I'm sure the k-01's will hit the Asian markets with multi colored grips and paint schemes...
so if you think it's ugly now, wait until the robot version or Hello Kitty version assaults your ocular faculties!
Comment by Don posted on Pentax K-01 at 03/02/2012 - 15:36
MattMatic wrote:
IIRC the 25min video limit is a tax issue
Above that the camera is classified as a video camera and export/import tax is higher.
A similar thing existed with MiniDV cameras - if they allowed video input as well as output then they were classified as video recorders and not just camera.
Don't you just love it
Matt
so maybe a different firmware patch away from having longer record times over here?IIRC the 25min video limit is a tax issue
Above that the camera is classified as a video camera and export/import tax is higher.
A similar thing existed with MiniDV cameras - if they allowed video input as well as output then they were classified as video recorders and not just camera.
Don't you just love it
Matt
hope so!
Comment by Don posted on Pentax K-01 and Open Day! at 03/02/2012 - 14:42
waittaminute..you mean people can improvise ways to work around a camera's shortcomings? lol!
seriously... I was talking in context of getting Pentax k-5+Pentax macro lens image quality...but you got me...and proved my point.. hehehe!
seriously... I was talking in context of getting Pentax k-5+Pentax macro lens image quality...but you got me...and proved my point.. hehehe!
Comment by Don posted on Pentax K-01 at 03/02/2012 - 14:38
JAK wrote:
I've just taken my K-5 outside to take some photos of crocuses in the afternoon sunlight with my 50mm FA macro lens. I tried using liveview to simulate taking such a photo on a K-01 but I couldn't see what I was taking as the screen was reflecting the sunlight. Getting a shot in focus wasn't possible, the autofocus doesn't know what the target is. I'd have had to resort to draping a cloth over my head and camera like the plate camera togs did of old just to get started!
I've got several compacts with no viewfinder and find them unusable and will get shot of them in due course. For some photography a viewfinder is a must have (macro, long lenses, use in sunlight) so I wouldn't think of buying a K-01.
John
which proves what? you need a loup to see the lcd in bright light? I've just taken my K-5 outside to take some photos of crocuses in the afternoon sunlight with my 50mm FA macro lens. I tried using liveview to simulate taking such a photo on a K-01 but I couldn't see what I was taking as the screen was reflecting the sunlight. Getting a shot in focus wasn't possible, the autofocus doesn't know what the target is. I'd have had to resort to draping a cloth over my head and camera like the plate camera togs did of old just to get started!
I've got several compacts with no viewfinder and find them unusable and will get shot of them in due course. For some photography a viewfinder is a must have (macro, long lenses, use in sunlight) so I wouldn't think of buying a K-01.
John
so if you go back out there at night and try to take the same shot, but can't see well enough to use the optical view finder then what? you got rippedoff becuase you paid more for the k-5 and the pentaprism is useless?
my point..over and over is they are different cameras, intended for different users..
the most popular camera in the world does not have a viewfinder... the iphone simply uses the lcd...
we're all aware of the short comings of BOTH type of camera... you can't swap lenses on the iphone, so there is no macro lens option ..
Comment by Don posted on Pentax K-01 at 03/02/2012 - 14:20
Comment by Don posted on Pentax K-01 at 03/02/2012 - 03:24
the k-01 won't affect the value of the k-5... they are different animals, appeal to different shooters and in fact, the two would be complimentary in the camera bags of serious shooters that either do still and video work, or as an affordable back up to the k-5
Comment by Don posted on Will K5 price be driven down by new mirrorless? at 03/02/2012 - 02:15
you can't swap lenses on the iphone, so there is no macro lens option ..