K01 is a brick with a lens

I think people tend to forget how individual tastes are in the feel of a camera.  My first DSLR was a DS and I loved the feel of it in my hand.  Unfortunately I couldn't get on with its 1-dial controls so when the K10 came out I tried it in store.  I didn't like the feel nearly as much as the DS but it was OK so I bought it and used it happily.

I didn't like the VPN so next year I bought a K20.  About 30,000 shots with these two; then I moved to K-7.  I tok it out the first afternoon, fired off a load of shots, then picked up my K20 to check I'd got all the settings the same.  The K20 felt like a cumbersome brick; I used it as a second camera for over a year but always preferred the K-7/5 feel.  So my experience is the opposite of yours.

Nikon and Olympus bodies have a raised bit along the edge of the finger grip.  I know because my brothers, whose hands are very similar to mine, use them: they find the ridge helps wheras I hate it.

My Oly brother likes the small body size; I struggle; my Nikon vrotherswears by his FFs (D700, D2) - now, if you really want a brick try the D2/3/4 bodies.

Plenty of users here like a battery grip: I hate that style of deep body.  And so on ...

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Gerry
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First camera 1953, first Pentax 1985, first DSLR 2006
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