Originally posted by RonHendriks1966 I use the K-01 mostly for portrait work or thing that don't run away unless I tell them how and where to go. Controll your environment and the K-01 is simply spectacular. I know the D800 can do a trick or two more then the K-01, but really when do you need it? I have two 59 inch prints here made with the K-01. How large do you want them?
So from a shoot last Friday. Actually this is not a final shot, but something that came up during our playing around. We'll see if we can plug an image like this in a magazine overhere. The girl is Anaïs and she rocks. Shot with the FA*85mm, so I do get all out of the K-01 that is inside.
To be honest I like the 1 fps inside the K-01. Use it also in my shooting. A new girl looking funny at my yellow brick, things, what is that going to be? Well don't just keep moving around, I want a certain image and you need to bring that, since I can only make one shot with this camera. That brings in the end the better image because you don't make a hundred of them see if one works, you make the one that gets the final cut.
And that's why I love the DP Merrills I have, they can do more than 1fps, but the write times (10sec plus), file size (40-50meg) and 30+ shots per battery force you to slow down and thing and its a great way to shoot.
Originally posted by RonHendriks1966 Seriously the K-01 beats those camera's. Different with the newer sensors inside Olympus M1, but even that doesn't make up for the IQ in the K-01. Compared to my glass at least, FA31mm, DA*55mm and FA*85mm.
I know the sensor in the gf1 is old but its still good in its limitations and pretty sharp too.. but meaning for the k-01 being a bad camera is that spec wise it was out done (as was the sigmas) by almost any other mirrorless on the market at the time and my several year old gf1 bettered it in some ways too like faster fps, smaller, better af (with neat tricks like starting to AF as you level the camera) ofc being an old 12mp m4/3 sensor the IQ isn't up there but I was simply pointing out that the k-01 on release was pretty dated already and pretty crap spec wise next to other mirrorless offerings that could be had for much less.
My gf1 cost me £650 with a pretty awesome 20mm f1.7 and was a first for that type of camera for panasonic, yet the k-01 three years later cost's around the same with a much lesser spec (except sensor) which was a little disappointing imho.
But just because spec wise it was a bad camera, doesn't mean its not a great camera to use and it is capable of amazing images as the sony 16mp sensor is great I just feel for the release price they were asking way to much for what it was, if it was priced much lower it would have been a hit and we might even have seen a k-02 and more xs lens.
I personally feel a proper mirrorless pentax with the k mount would be great, they could use the empty space to place lens elements inside (xs lens) and even have things like ND filters and such to enable.
Make one using the k3 tech, add a nice EVF and flip out screen.. great control and built in wifi and I would happily get one or better yet shove a FF sensor in one as you said before as there is no need to update the mirrorbox or pentaprizim then.