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Fun with the Pentax K-01

woodmancy

Subscriber Member
Henry's have just got these in Canada, I have a black one. I love it.
This is the 40mm 2.8 kit lens.

Keith

 

woodmancy

Subscriber Member
I've just discovered something that surprised me about the K-01. There is a shutter in front of the sensor, like in the Ricoh M-mount. My M4/3 and Nex cameras have exposed sensors when the lens is removed. I think this is a real advantage for the K-01

Keith
 

raist3d

Well-known member
The K-01 is indeed a very underrated camera. The IQ is better than a few cameras above it and it has excellent manual focus peaking/manual focusing (better than the Nex 7 when I tried it).

My only bigger concern with it is that I wish the RAW shooting/buffering was quicker.

- Raist3d
 

woodmancy

Subscriber Member
The K-01 is indeed a very underrated camera. The IQ is better than a few cameras above it and it has excellent manual focus peaking/manual focusing (better than the Nex 7 when I tried it).

My only bigger concern with it is that I wish the RAW shooting/buffering was quicker.

- Raist3d
I love the design and it was this article that made me get the K-01

The Online Photographer: Out and About with the Pentax K-01

I got a couple of the limited primes with it. It feels good to handle and it is built with Leica like quality. Like it so much I have ordered a K5. Need to go back to my K10 days again.

Keith

K-01 with Pentax 40/2.8 kit lens

 

woodmancy

Subscriber Member
The K-01 makes a nice street camera with the Pentax 14mm/2.8 DA and the CV 21mm optical finder. Balances very well and also works nicely without the OVF.

Keith

 
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