Algi

There was however a lot of competitive downsizing in the 70's.

Using a huge telephoto on the Sony is possible though. You support the lens rather than the camera.

But they are not designed for that sort of use, as a DSLR is clearly so much better. These smaller MILCs are aimed more at street and social shooting for use with pancakes and other small primes.

The K-01 isn't really optimised for discreet street shooting, or for using with long lenses (DSLR, with it's eye level VF still much better). That's the problem.

I have to agree, unfortunately! I don't think as thin a camera as the NEX is a 'must', but the K-01 seems to have been designed to make is look as fat and clunky as possible! The new Canon has about the same maximum dimensions as the K-01, yet looks much more svelte and conveys 'hi-tech'.

I am looking at the K-01 as the block from which Pentax are going to carve their next mirrorless camera....

I could not agree more Bill! This 'K7 Designer's Story' is quite interesting: LINK

The effort and thought that went into every aspect of ergonimics, aesthetics, and minimising the size of the camera, is impressive. It seems a bit of a shame that we all heard of Mr Newson, but not Toshihiro Hamamura and Takeharu Shin.

Some people need a door in the side of their bath, does that mean all baths need to have doors? What I'm saying is that Pentax offer you the choice of DSLRs with diopter adjustment (and probably EVF cameras too in the future), or a camera with just an LCD screen. You then pay your money and make your choice.

Clearly the sort of market Pentax are targeting this camera at are perfectly comfortable using screens - on their camera, android phone, Ipad, SatNav, Nintendo DS, etc etc...

We English have 'borrowed' a lot of things from all over the world

Treasure, people, countries....

Just do your best Simon; if you were good enough to win a competition you are good enough to judge one!

Will a yellow one be available, to go with the K-01?

That's exactly what I paid (mint lens from SRS).

Try to include a bit of space around things like the pebbles, and the mooring ring. Going for a large aperture for the mooring ring shot was a good idea to isolate it from the background, but a slightly smaller aperture might have been better as more of the ring would have been in focus, while leaving the background blurry.

Can't you have your glasses on a chain?




Alternatively, dSLRs with dioptre adjustment are available, presumably including the one you already own.