Sorry Katy Perry for the song rip off.........I gave one a play and colour me impressed, very compact compared with my K7 I had with me. Very tactile, pretty speedy focus too, I tried it with the Sigma 17-70 I had with me (non HSM) and was pretty quick.
Yellow looked pretty cool in person, better than shots suggest. I later saw the Black model with Silver trim and that looked awesome! :ugh:
I flipped off the 40 XS and put it on my K7 and I love that too! MF was tricky but easier than expected. I touched a Pentax Q also elsewhere but I'll post that separately.
By the way I saw the K-01 in Georges Photo, George Street Sydney for locals that are interested.
I had a wee chat to what seemed like the duty manager who admitted he didn't know much about the Pentax range and marveled at the tiny lens and feel/look. He liked it, I told him it was great for a person who wanted the IQof a higher end SLR (K5,D7000) with out the bulk and price.
I talked about how they maybe abit more appealing to have in stock now the pricing overseas was becoming equalised. He said this was great news as they were often shopped against online prices in the US often which is often why they recommended Canon more due to their price protection.
So there you go!