On 2/2/2012 3:06 PM, Tom C wrote:
I understand the point you're making and in generally agree, BUT, would you rather have a bunch of fanboys who worship Pentax and therefore think they can do no wrong? I can buy a lot of 8" crescent wrenches or other hand tools for the price of a K-01, K-5, you name it. The price of ANY expensive tool will normally give a prudent prospective buyer pause to consider, analyze, and view the item critically.
OK s/crescent wrench/full set of Snap-On combination wrenches/ That'll bring the price more in line with a K-01.
Yes, no camera is the perfect tool for any job. Agreed. I think the main issue for most is that we were hoping for something perceptibly above a K-5, i.e., a new flagship, or barring that, a mirror-less body that still had some significant compelling features above a K-5. That does not seem to have happened. My guess is that any possible small iterative image quality/performance improvements are likely offset by the lack of a viewfinder (for most people that already have a K-5). I don't have a K-5, just a K-7, but I can't see moving to a K-01 over a K-5, for the simple reason there's no viewfinder. While I generally don't mind composing on an LCD screen except in bright light, I wish not to be forced to.
In other words, you feel the same way about the K-01 as I felt about the K-7. It had a lot of nifty features, but what I needed was the performance of the K-5. Or at least of the K-x.
Now, remember how the K-x came out ahead of the K-5? And how a few people, like myself, bought a K-x because we needed the performance, then bought a K-5 for the features?
It's entirely possible that there is some really good reason to introduce a low-end model first, then the higher performance version of it.
All that said, for some the K-01 will be a winner.
Exactly, and Pentax is getting press for breaking new ground. All they need is a shoe mount optical viewfinder and a lot of the objections to the K-01 go away, or are greatly alleviated. It would be interesting to put it up next to the G1X and see how it performs.
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