Pentax K30

[emr]

No official announcement yet, but it's already showing on a retailer's catalogue:

Boulanger

The camera will have a 16 MP sensor, WR, AA batteries, Full HD video, ISO 25600, 799€ kit. Not what I'm looking for, but I think many current Pentax users will be happy with this one. Sounds like the long-awaited K200D replacement.

 

[Vivek]

It is a weather sealed camera, available in many funky colors:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=amb_lin...d_t=301&pf_rd_p=1369387402&pf_rd_i=Pentax K30

Looks really funky cool!

 

[Knorp]

I don't even want to be found dead with a cool funky camera ... :deadhorse:

 

[ustein]

I like the K-01 image quality. The K-30 has the same sensor and likely faster AF and a viewfinder.

Any experience with the Pentax kit lenses?

 

[Vivek]

I don't even want to be found dead with a cool funky camera ... :deadhorse:

Why is that?

There are toy cameras that have a retro classic look and then there are useful tools that look like scifi toys. Hmmm...

 

[ustein]

>I don't even want to be found dead

Lets start with this

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

I like the K-01 image quality. The K-30 has the same sensor and likely faster AF and a viewfinder.

Any experience with the Pentax kit lenses?

Their kit lenses are supposed to be rather good, but the Limited lenses would be the main reasons to buy a Pentax. If this one is considerably cheaper than the K-5, I might be tempted again. Tempted enough? I don't know, but I like their jungle style approach with AA-batteries and all. Not all places on this planet have reliable electricity yet.

 

[raist3d]

I like the K-01 image quality. The K-30 has the same sensor and likely faster AF and a viewfinder.

Any experience with the Pentax kit lenses?

The standard zoom tele lens is not very good. It's built well (handling, manual focus ring, etc.) but optically is meh. I would not call it useless, but it's not the brightest candle in the church. Pros: light, well built, weather sealed. Falls apart in high contrast light, like many other so so kit lenses.

The telephoto zoom kit lens I understand isn't too bad. I don't have first hand experience with it, but people that have both note a difference between them. I wish Pentax did a better standard zoom even if they had to charge a bit more for it.

- Raist

 

[Knorp]

Why is that?

There are toy cameras that have a retro classic look and then there are useful tools that look like scifi toys. Hmmm...

Whatever its looks, I think it has some better specs than the "cool funky" K-01.
Interesting how much the new AF system has been improved and what this could bode for the future K5 replacement.

Kind regards.

 

[Vivek]

Sure, Bart.

Nothing can beat the K.O-1 in terms of ugliness. :ROTFL: