There is also a black one available…
https://www.amazon.com/Pentax-K-01-Mirrorless-Body-Black/dp/B0076396OA
<https://www.amazon.com/Pentax-K-01-Mirrorless-Body-Black/dp/B0076396OA>
I like the yellow one I bought used from a list member. When I use that people
are less likely to think that I am somehow a serious photographer who might
actually be taking their picture.
stan
> On Nov 16, 2020, at 3:38 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> He wasn't the only one to suggest such a thing, when the K-01 and Q series
> were both in production, if Pentax had supplied an auxiliary EVF that could
> be used on both cameras instead of spending the money on a name brand
> designer, there would have been some synergy between the two lines, and I
> think he's wrong on the model it's evolved from, it always looked more like a
> mirrorless K-500 with a lot of lipstick than a K-5.
>
> However if you're interested in a K-01 you can get a yellow one from Amazon,
> for about $10.00 less than a K-5II currently at KEH.com.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Pentax-K-01-Mirrorless-Yellow-Body/dp/B0076397MQ
>
> https://www.keh.com/shop/pentax-k-5-ii-digital-camera-body-16-3-m-p.html
>
>
>
> On 11/15/2020 10:32 PM, Alan C wrote:
>> I've tried to respond to Rick's comment three times but it somehow doesn't
>> get to the PDML. Now I've tries some heavy pruning.
>>
>> Pentax did venture into the mirrorless realm with the K-01, essentially a
>> k-mount mirrorless K5 - much bigger than a 4/3. Brian Walters feels it was a
>> missed opportunity since, without an EVF, it had to be used in Live View. He
>> found that one of those clip-on turret viewfinders didn't really solve the
>> problem. I looked for a S/H K-01 body in SA a couple of years ago but found
>> they were asking more than a K5!
>>
>> Alan C
>>
>> On 15-Nov-20 04:30 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
>>> I suspect that the decision to concentrate on DSLRs was driven by scarcity
>>> of capital, not scarcity of desire to make a mirrorless body.
>>>
>>
>>
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> idiot to use a Pentax.
>
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