The overly enthusiastic Steve Huff has reviewed it and wasn't too impressed:
http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2012/03/16/the-pentax-k-01-camera-review-design-masterpiece-or-design-fail/ "The camera was almost useless as with the bright sun I could not compose my shots AT ALL because the LCD was washed out about 90%" "If Pentax would have put in an EVF it would have made this camera MUCH more fun and useful." "the K-01 has superb IQ but for me, it loses some ground in design and usability and I am a big fan of usability." "I have ZERO complaints on the image quality of the K-01 as this is its BEST feature." "High ISO with this camera is superb. ISO 12,800 is about on par with the Leica M9 at ISO 2500." "The Pentax has decent AF speed but [...] with the 40 2.8 is fast but it is no speed demon." Part of his conclusion: "I can see it now, Pentax fans are going to be giving me heat for talking bad about the camera design. I will hear about how just because it doesn’t look like a rangefinder that I do not like it. Well, that is not true at all. I like many cameras that are not designed like a rangefinder but in my opinion, and again, this is only MY opinion, the design is a fail. It’s too bulky, too fat, looks like a toy and is not comfortable to shoot. It doesn’t feel like a camera I can “connect” with. Design IS indeed important to ME and I feel a camera has to have all of the elements that bring it together to form one mean, lean, shooting machine." It's never a good thing when Steve Huff doesn't like a camera cos the man never met a camera he didn't like...or so I thought. Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 13 March 2012 14:46, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/pentax-k-01-review/ > > > Short form: > Not for everyone, or every situation, but great for where it works > Raw performance equivalent to K-5 > Much improved video > AF mostly works > Excellent upgrade camera for someone moving up from a compact point and shoot > Not ideal for long lenses, but excellent with smaller lenses for a walkaround > camera. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
