He may be happy there's no viewfinder, but when I try to hold a camera
out where I can see that 3" LCD screen, my hands shake & it's too blurry
to use anyway. I think it could have been a good (i.e. usable) design if
they'd just offered an optional EVF to attach to the hot-shoe.
I might even have bought one.
I'm not sure what Marc Newson is going to do at Apple, everything I've
ever seen from Apple looks like it was designed by Marc Newson.
On 9/5/2014 9:34 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:
The K-01 was rightfully laughed at by photographers while at the same
time was praised in other circles and even won a design award.
"First and foremost I should speak about the design. Marc Newson has
done an astounding job with shape and feeling of the K-01. You may
have seen photos of the camera online with it’s bright yellow
exterior. I opted for a white version, wanting to stand out from the
crowd, but not necessarily glowing. The lines of the camera are
extremely clean and simple. The body is made of machined aluminum
which gives the whole thing an extreme feeling of sturdiness, much
like the back of your iPad. It’s accented with a ridged rubber which
helps you keep a firm grip on the camera. There’s nothing unnecessary
on the K-01, just the bare minimum.
I’m also happy to report that there’s no viewfinder on the K-01. It’s
a digital camera with a 3″ LCD screen, why on earth would it need one?
The camera also does a good job of hiding all of the ports under the
rubber grip on the side of the camera, giving it an extremely unified
feeling."
http://www.thefoxisblack.com/2012/04/09/pentax-k-01-the-best-and-coolest-camera-ive-ever-used/
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 8:01 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
Marc is one of the most influential designers of his generation, So
influential that he managed to kill an entire line of Pentax products before
it was effectively born. A lot of manufactures copy if not the actual
product, the zeitgeist of Apple products, pretty much every smart phone
looks like a iPhone, Even Leica cameras have been favorably compared to
iPhones. I wonder if there are now going to be Apple iProducts that look
like K-01 cameras and will they get favorable reviews because Apple makes
them.
On 9/5/2014 7:42 PM, steve harley wrote:
not exactly a stellar move IMO — his work with Pentax was not a pinnacle
of functional design; but as has been noted, he may have been highly
constrained in that project; i'm non-plused as well by what i've seen of his
other work
<http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/09/marc-newson-apple-jony-ive>
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