Originally posted by Gimbal Well done.
Two things that I reacted upon: The body is plastic, .
There was some early (incorrect) speculation on dpr that the body is plastic. It is not. The body is aluminum covered with a finely-ribbed rubber material
Originally posted by Gimbal and the shutter closes before each shot. That's a pity.
From Adam's Review [emphasis mine]:
"When the camera is turned off, the sensor is covered by the focal plane shutter like on any Pentax DSLR. As soon as you power up the camera the shutter opens to facilitate the live view image on the monitor. A mirrorless camera is therefore more prone to sensor dust than a DSLR used with the optical viewfinder.
When the shutter button is pressed fully, the shutter closes and then opens for image capture for the exposure duration set, for example 1/125th of a second. The shutter {then?} closes and then reopens to allow the live view image to be presented on the monitor. There is thus quite some shutter activity for each exposure and the camera's operation is not as quiet as we had expected or would have liked."
So the shutter does two close/open cycles per shot
Resting POState is OPEN to permit LCD projection of image
Shutter closes upon release of shutter
Shutter opens for image capture END OF FIRST CYCLE
Shutter closes again at selected shutter interval
Shutter opens to permit LCD projection of image for next shot. END OF SECOND CYCLE
How do other cameras implement LiveView in a MILC?
If this shutter is the same one in K-5, rated to 100,000 actuations, is it rated to 50,000 actuations x2 cycles in the K-01?