The way to look at this product is to think of it as an extension of compact DSLRs from Pentax. It is a body which is smaller than any Pentax DSLR and can use the existing set of pentax lenses which contain many compact offerings + more. So it is not there to challenge mirror-less systems like NEX etc. It is there to provide one more body option to existing k-mount DSLR users. Nothing wrong with that concept. If I was a k-mount user, I would likely buy this as a second body and use it with my limited primes for the times when I wanted a more compact setup.
However the main issue is how well will the CDAF perform with the lenses designed for PDAF. If Pentax has somehow managed to get good AF performance with existing lenses then I think it is a winner. Otherwise it is going to be rather pointless.
The way to look at this product is to think of it as an extension of its compact DSLRs. It is a body which is smaller than any Pentax DSLR and can use the existing set of pentax lenses which contain many compact offerings + more. So it is not there to challenge mirror-less systems like NEX etc. It is there to provide one more body option to existing k-mount DSLR users. Nothing wrong with that concept. If I was a k-mount user, I would likely buy this as a second body and use it with my limited primes for the times when I wanted a more compact setup.
However the main issue is how well will the CDAF perform with the lenses designed for PDAF. If Pentax has somehow managed to get good AF performance with existing lenses then I think it is a winner. Otherwise it is going to be rather pointless.
Pentax has already been producing compact DSLR bodies and compact lenses. The way to look at this product is to think of it as an extension of its compact DSLRs. It is a body which is smaller than any Pentax DSLR and can use the existing set of pentax lenses which contain many compact offerings + more. So it is not there to challenge mirror-less systems like NEX etc. It is there to provide one more body option to existing k-mount DSLR users. Nothing wrong with that concept. If I was a k-mount user, I would likely buy this as a second body and use it with my limited primes for the times when I wanted a more compact setup.
However the main issue is how well will the CDAF perform with the lenses designed for PDAF. If Pentax has somehow managed to get good AF performance with existing lenses then I think it is a winner. Otherwise it is going to be rather pointless.
Pentax has already been producing compact DSLR bodies and compact lenses. The way to look at this product is to think of it as an extension of its DSLRs. It is a body which is more compact than any Pentax DSLR and can use the existing set of pentax lenses which contain many compact offerings + more. So it is not there to challenge mirror-less systems like NEX etc. It is there to provide one more body option to existing k-mount DSLR users. Nothing wrong with that concept. If I was a k-mount user, I would likely buy this as a second body and use it with my limited primes for the times when I wanted a more compact setup.
However the main issue is how well will the CDAF perform with the lenses designed for PDAF. If Pentax has somehow managed to get good AF performance with existing lenses then I think it is a winner. Otherwise it is going to be rather pointless.
Feb 03, 2012 at 12:32 AM
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