Originally posted by jeztastic I think this is really ugly too - I loved the K-01. It reminds me of those cameras that died and you never see any more - Minolta, Four Thirds cameras. However, this is the kind of ugliness that blokes who buy cameras love. Fits in with the WG-02 look, and if it IS built ruggedly rather than just looking rugged, it will be very popular.
I agree with those who see this as entry level, with a K3 and FF. With this line-up I can see why Ricoh were so confident about competing with Canikon. :-)
Having said that, I really regret buying a K5 when I did... I think this may be a better camera...
matter of personal tast, I like K-01 but I would never buy it, I like KX and I did buy it, I like K7 and I did buy it, I like Q and did buy it , I like K5 and I did buy it, I like K30 and I would buy it.
Just purchased K-5 , bugger (!) the K30 would be much more suitable for me, I think ,AA battery, green button in the right spot ( not where my nose is on K7+K5 ) ,smaller and lighter body and no top LCD ( which I never really use).
Actually the K30 body does not look any smaller than K7 or K5 so there might be possibility that all three could share the same battery grip , I hope,
if not with grip, the claimed parallel usage of AA and Lithium-ION sounds a bit puzzling, although if it is much bigger than KX there might be enough room to
house both kind of batteries, that actually would be an excellent idea!
time will tell