{"id":8739,"date":"2013-04-28T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=8739"},"modified":"2013-04-27T20:01:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T03:01:04","slug":"pentax-k-01-follow-the-yellow-brick-down-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=8739","title":{"rendered":"Pentax K-01, follow the ‘yellow brick’ down the road"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve had my new Pentax K-01 for just over a week now and have been trying it with different lenses to see what works best.\u00a0 Ergonomically the K-01 is not the best camera but once you adapt it is fine, there aren’t any obstacles\u00a0that\u00a0permanently\u00a0get in the way of taking pictures.\u00a0 The camera seems best when paired with smaller lighter lenses like the SMC Pentax-A 1:2.8 28mm but I was also surprised\u00a0to find that the DA12-24\u00a0is also a good match, the DA*16-50 and DA*50-135 however seem too front heavy.\u00a0 Manual focusing is great with\u00a0 focus peeking and the autofocus is fast and accurate (I have the latest firmware Ver 1.03).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And ultimately what really matters is that the image quality is great.<\/p>\n

Design wise it certainly is different from other cameras on the market but I don’t see it as being quite as radical as some people have made it out to be.\u00a0 As is well known it was designed by Marc Newson\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0for Pentax, it’s just too bad he didn’t get a few more opinions on the button layout.\u00a0 The look of it though has grown on me and composing with the rear LCD has its own appeal.\u00a0 You can keep both eyes open and remain aware of what is around you\u00a0and all the information you would want is available right on the screen as you compose your picture.<\/p>\n

The perfectly matching strap was just a matter of luck.\u00a0 I\u00a0bought it\u00a0from Couch Guitar Straps <\/a>who specialize in hand-made\u00a0guitar straps but make other items too.\u00a0 Not only does the Yellow and Black Racer X strap look good on the K-01 it fits perfectly for wearing it across the chest and the width is also super comfortable.\u00a0 Straps used to be this wide what happened?\u00a0 My new favourite strap, there isn’t even a second place anymore.<\/p>\n

How about these beauties? \u00a0Sony makes an inordinate number of appearances and the other Pentax should be easy to spot.\"Ugly_Cameras\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

More pictures will come as I continue to test different lenses on the camera but for now here are a few yellow tributes<\/p>\n\n\t\t