Originally posted by BigMackCam Yes, and you can set select Crop for the smart dial, to allow quick switching in and out of crop mode (which I also tried - works well)
Great, thanks for testing for us, very helpful.
Haven't had the privilege to play with the K-1 yet, but To be honest, when I first saw the K-1 body shell structure and cut open pictures, I was a little worried that it seems to me that the K-1 isn't made from the full uni-body magnesium shell like the K-5/K-5II and K-3/K-3 II used to be made from. As the K-1's top plate isn't made from magnesium (I understand they did that coz it may affect GPS reception) I was thinking how will this affect the build and weather sealing? Then I had a chance to play with the D800 thoroughly and I noticed that camera also doesn't have a full uni-body magnesium shell, the front plate and some top plate is also plastic but the camera feel well built( well I feel my K-5II is slightly better build) and it in turns the weather resistance of that is fine too. I also remembered the A99 I used to own which again isn't a body with full uni-body magnesium shell and that was built well and survived rain many times and I was happy to take that outdoors many times during my ownership so I guess I was thinking a bit too much about the K-1 in this regard then.
Well, based on how Pentax usually builds cameras, the K-1 should build like a tank. They always built bodies well even from entry level model, they won't and shouldn't stuff this one up.