Actually it's a downgraded K-30 which was a related but different beast
than the K-5. The downfall of the K-01 was it's cheapness, they reused
as much of the hardware from the K-r, and some of the electronics from
the upcoming K-30 with a smaller buffer, or maybe the same buffer size
as the K-r with the rest of the K-30 image train. It doesn't matter,
really. Hoya built a mirrorless camera as cheaply as possible using off
the shelf components then hired Nuwson to put lipstick on the pig.
Unfortunately it was still obviously a pig. There was really enough
space in the K-01 camera body to put an EVF in upper left corner looking
at the camera from the back, but that would have required actually
designing a new steel frame rather than simply using the frame from the
K-r and lopping off the prism. That's not to say it's a bad camera,
it's actually a pretty good camera by all accounts. However it's
control layout was awkward, and it's price at introduction was quite
high for its feature set, most likely to pay for the lipstick.
On 9/6/2014 10:56 AM, Bill wrote:
On 05/09/2014 7:34 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.
The K-01 was/is a capable enough camera. Inside, it's just a somewhat
downgraded K-5 with the viewfinder stripped off. Probably, it is very
similar in capability to the K30 that was released a few months later.
It will be interesting to see what Newson comes up with for Apple. I
do fear for things like the Iphone, iPad, etc becoming ergonomic
nightmares in the name of styling at Newsons hands. I don't suppose it
will make a lot of difference to the typical Apple user, they will be
told it is new and wonderful and they will dutifully buy the stuff.
I'm sure Apple could put a touch screen on a cat turd and Apple users
would hold their noses and buy it.
bill
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