[Fontan]

Well, I've had it for about a week now. A yellow one it was for $349 from Crutchfield(sorry Adam, the big two were out of stock at the time). So here it is.

1) I like it better than I thought I would.

2) I think it looks cool. Lines are very clean.

3) Picture quality similar to k-5. Well, it is the same sensor after all.

4) AF sucked with the old firmware, but not bad after updating. Besides, I don't use AF much. I can careless.

5) Focus peaking is alright. I like that of NEX-5 or 7 better. Easier.

6) I agree with Adam. The green button is misplaced. I am a green button guy. I use this a lot, and the position of it really blows.

7) it is after all, a ILPS (Interchangeable Lens Point and Shoot), not that anything is wrong with that.

8) All those different shooting modes are funny. I enjoy looking at them.

9) Lack of viewfinder does not bug. It is what it is.

10) Easy to hold? Yes and no. Not awkward to shoot with, but awkward to carry by one hand.. K-5,7 will hang on your fingertips. K-01 will not. If you have a big lens on (ie *50-135), not nice to walk around with.

11) It is now cheap. Should have been sold at $499 initially. Out of touch pricing, really. Dumb.

12) This camera is a proof that for most photographers, K-5 is an overkill. It suffices more than adequately for most people and situations. If you are willing to train yourself with MF method, you can even do sports photography, much like they did in the old days.

13) At this price, I think it is a must buy if you have k mount lenses.

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Last edited by Fontan; 11-22-2012 at 05:34 PM.

[Tonto]

It is very tempting for me although I have two perfectly functioning cameras K7 and Kx aswell as a carry around Q! I am thinking better for me to wait till one of my cameras die and use the money for lenses

[bdparker]

7) it is after all, a ILPS (Interchangeable Lens Point and Shoot), not that anything is wrong with that.

Yes I agree and there for should not be compaired with the K5/7 for they are DSLR's

14) Put a big lens on it like Sigma 70-200 f2.8 and try to free hand shoot, It's almost imposable to hold it steady with a heavy lens to get a desent shot off.

[Na Horuk]

I agree mostly, not with this:

7) it is after all, a ILPS (Interchangeable Lens Point and Shoot), not that anything is wrong with that.

I think the main features of PS is that they are tiny, have tiny/poor sensor, don't have interchangeable lenses, don't allow manual controls. The K-01 is just a small DSLR, always in live view, missing the mirror and PD AF. You still see "through the lens" and you still have manual controls (M, Av, Tv, P modes, can shoot raw, can use legacy lenses), so you aren't forced to just "point and shoot."

[wanderography]

I agree mostly, not with this:

I think the main features of PS is that they are tiny, have tiny/poor sensor, don't have interchangeable lenses, don't allow manual controls. The K-01 is just a small DSLR, always in live view, missing the mirror and PD AF. You still see "through the lens" and you still have manual controls (M, Av, Tv, P modes, can shoot raw, can use legacy lenses), so you aren't forced to just "point and shoot."

Ya I feel the same way, I look at my K-01 as a digital new age LX, especially since I use strictly manual focus lenses.

[LeRolls]

I basically agree with more or less all of your points. Although my assessment of your assessment is even more useless since I have never actually seen or held the K-01. My white white one got held up in New York due to Sandy and will hopefully be shipping sometime this week.

[Fontan]

It is very tempting for me although I have two perfectly functioning cameras K7 and Kx aswell as a carry around Q! I am thinking better for me to wait till one of my cameras die and use the money for lenses

Seems to me that you have enough lenses. You should sell one of your K-7s and buy one of these. I sold my one and only K-7 for $400 on ebay, and bought one of these. But for me I wasn't using much of K-7 anyway.

[pxpaulx]

Ya I feel the same way, I look at my K-01 as a digital new age LX, especially since I use strictly manual focus lenses.

Agree completely, it is in essence a very capable, basic camera - set it up the way you like, and then forget about it and take photos. I am liking it a lot more than I had envisioned, including the 40mm lens (which I am glad I opted for, as I think it will almost be the exclusive lens for this camera).

[Medium FormatPro]

Picture quality similar to k-5. Well, it is the same sensor after all

Same spec sensor, but the Pentax K-01 has zero issues with sensor burn. Not sure how many manufacturing runs of the K-5 were effected by the sensor burn issue, what that number comes out to consumers that use the camera - or even if Pentax even formally acknowledged it and repaired the issue??

Put a big lens on it like Sigma 70-200 f2.8 and try to free hand shoot, It's almost imposable to hold it steady with a heavy lens to get a desent shot off

Uummm, no. A majority of my work outdoors is done with lens' that are large and weight a lot. I can easily use a comfortable two hand hold and/or brace with a Sigma 300mm - and even get the shutter down well below the focal length.Also any lens that does not have a tripod collat is not difficult to free hand shoot with the K-01

[wanderography]

Same spec sensor, but the Pentax K-01 has zero issues with sensor burn. Not sure how many manufacturing runs of the K-5 were effected by the sensor burn issue, what that number comes out to consumers that use the camera - or even if Pentax even formally acknowledged it and repaired the issue??




Uummm, no. A majority of my work outdoors is done with lens' that are large and weight a lot. I can easily use a comfortable two hand hold and/or brace with a Sigma 300mm - and even get the shutter down well below the focal length.Also any lens that does not have a tripod collat is not difficult to free hand shoot with the K-01

I agree here too, for a short time I owned a tamron 18 - 250 for a family vacation with my k-01 and I had a blast shooting it, no problems at all really (beside focusing as soon as I came near some shadows, this was the old firmware though), I find myself just shooting lower with my K-01.

[Fontan]

All I am saying is that it s a bit of an awkward body to "carry around" with a big lens on. I wish they had come out with few more prime lenses that are extremely small and light. They should have made more of a "kit" out of this product line.

On my second week now with this thing, and I am now beginning to feel that it has too many features. But then again, I feel this way with every camera I have owned with one notable exception; Leica M8.

I am already finding myself shooting more with M8 - a camera with far inferior and hopelessly outdated sensor. Again I am reminded that IQ is sooooo secondary in photography. It probably isn't even the second or third important aspect.

[LeRolls]

All I am saying is that it s a bit of an awkward body to "carry around" with a big lens on. I wish they had come out with few more prime lenses that are extremely small and light. They should have made more of a "kit" out of this product line.

On my second week now with this thing, and I am now beginning to feel that it has too many features. But then again, I feel this way with every camera I have owned with one notable exception; Leica M8.

I am already finding myself shooting more with M8 - a camera with far inferior and hopelessly outdated sensor. Again I am reminded that IQ is sooooo secondary in photography. It probably isn't even the second or third important aspect.

Uhh...maybe I'm wrong here since I don't own any yet but aren't most of the DA Limited Primes small, light, and very high quality. I have the DA 21 (street photography) on it's way to me right now and I hope to use it on my future K-01 (which hasn't shipped yet). If I'm happy with that one then my next DA Limited will most likely be the 70mm for portraits.

I watch the Photouniverse channel on Youtube and that guy keeps talking about how you get the Leica experience with those Limited primes.

[Fontan]

Uhh...maybe I'm wrong here since I don't own any yet but aren't most of the DA Limited Primes small, light, and very high quality. I have the DA 21 (street photography) on it's way to me right now and I hope to use it on my future K-01 (which hasn't shipped yet). If I'm happy with that one then my next DA Limited will most likely be the 70mm for portraits.

I watch the Photouniverse channel on Youtube and that guy keeps talking about how you get the Leica experience with those Limited primes.

Think about how much smaller Da 40 xs compared to the limited version for instance. If DA21 can be made 50% smaller . They could have done this, you know, by having a protruding rear lens element . . .

[THoog]

Think about how much smaller Da 40 xs compared to the limited version for instance. If DA21 can be made 50% smaller . They could have done this, you know, by having a protruding real lens element . . .

It might have happened, if the K-01 had taken off from the start, but now it seems unlikely. Actually given how small the DA 21 is (thinner than some other brand's so-called "pancakes", I think), I don't think an XS version would have been high on the priority list, compared to, say, a snub kit zoom.

[LeRolls]

It might have happened, if the K-01 had taken off from the start, but now it seems unlikely. Actually given how small the DA 21 is (thinner than some other brand's so-called "pancakes", I think), I don't think an XS version would have been high on the priority list, compared to, say, a snub kit zoom.

Yeah...one of the reasons I ordered the 21 was how small it was and how well I thought it would complement the K-01. I don't really know how much smaller you'd want to go with a lens like that. I do admit that it would be nice to see more XS lenses in the future especially if they are less expensive than the current lineup of Limiteds.