deadwolfbones wrote:
K-mount, compatibility with thousands of legacy lenses w/o adapter.
For all those Pentax owners with a three lens spread - something like 28/50/135 or 35/50/135mm -the K-01 to me seems like it\'ll only be truly useful for the two shorter focal lengths.
Do you not think it\'d have been a useful feature to offer a built in or optional electronic viewfinder? Particularly when shooting the longer focal lengths, unless on a tripod I find one totally necessary. But wait... no tilt rear LCD to make tripod or awkward angle shooting easier.
An EVF so the camera can gain some face-brace is for long focal length lenses (for me) so necessary in fact that I would probably choose not to shoot a 135 on this camera except in brilliant light conditions.
But wait... no EVF (or OVF) so the camera will be hard to use in brilliant light conditions! Catch 22.
Bottom line: Newson designs shapes but apparently not cameras.
I can\'t help but regard the K-01 as a huge fail for Pentax, given that an EVF-equipped Sony adapted NEX-5N or NEX-7 is a far more functional host for Pentax SLR lenses, at any focal length, and will work better with those lenses on a tripod too. True, both options are a little more expensive. What Pentax seems to be telling its installed base with this camera is that they aren\'t all that interested in supporting all the legacy lenses, that they expect it\'ll mostly be used as a chubby point and shoot, and they hope you\'ll by trim newson lenses (which will all be shorter focal lengths, if any more are indeed produced) anyway.
I\'m hoping this design data point does not evolve into a trend at Pentax and/or infect the Ricoh side of the joint company\'s product line.
Mar 19, 2012 at 12:14 PM
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