Darren Addy wrote: >Yup. Agree. The K-01 was hampered mostly by prices that were way to >high for way too long (at least here in the U.S.) Now it's a Smart Buy >at these prices. If you want the great K-5 sensor in a small(er) >light(er) package the K-01 is a worthy backup. Has focus peaking also >(which the K-5 lacked). Many like it for video. I'm planning to use >mine for a lot of time lapse work next year in my weather work while >I'm shooting stills with the K-3.
I agree. I think the price of the K-01 was fair for the image quality and build quality of the camera (which is brilliant), at least for its day, but the price was way too high for the target demographic of people just getting into interchangeable-lens cameras. If they'd managed to get it down to the $600 range even at the expense of cheapening the build quality it would have done much better. Going for around $250 on eBay it's a steal. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
