Originally posted by mtansley Thanks for the good answer about the viewfinder. That's the sort of answer I've come to expect around here until recently anyway.
Interesting about the coloured cameras. I don't think I'd personally want one (however, my favourite colour is yellow and I keep looking at that yellow & black one and thinking, hmmmm) but if that's what the customer wants then I see no reason why Pentax shouldn't market it. Why ARE most cameras black or black & silver anyway?
While personally I prefer my cameras to be black (I just don't like to draw attention), I suspect there is nothing more at work here other than tradition and momentum.
You know, if one goes back all the way to the early days of this forum, there has always been a contingent that has responded badly to anything new - including APS-C digital SLRs. This is NOT meant to be a blanket statement and I do NOT mean to flame anyone. But, at the heart of it, there is a sizeable part of the photographic world (and this goes for other brands as well) that is simply terrified of change. This can be said of humans in general but it seems to be particularly bad in our hobby.
At the end of the day, they're basically saying "But that's not the way it's always been done!" I wonder what their response to the advent of the original SLR - or even 35mm film - would have been if they were around for that. And fear historically has brought out the worst in irrational human behavior and group-think. Which may account for the vitriol and nasty PMs. They may act superior and condesending, but they may be experiencing stark terror - whether they admit it to themselves or not.
That doesn't mean everyone has to like the K-01, the Q or any other camera. There may be legitimate reasons for not taking to them. I'm talking about the nastiness.
The K-01 seems fine in terms of image quality and focus speed. And, if one is honest with one's self, size really isn't an issue, either. But I personally need to know how the LCD performs in bright sunlight simply because there's no EVF as a back up. I just wish those who own or have access to a K-01 would come out and directly discuss this part of the camera experience.