snapshtr: If Pentax ever releases a K-02, they don't need to come up with some ground-breaking k-01 or GXR type configuration. Just stick in the awesome K-5 II sensor with 14-bit color and it will give the X-Pro 1 and NEX-7 a run for its money.
You're absolutely right. It'd make sense. Unfortunately, a Pentax forum poster, (who sounded like he works at Pentax) said that a K-02, or an upgraded K-01, had been ruled out by the firm.
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Posted on Feb 27, 2013 at 07:19:29 UTC
fakuryu: The Pentax K01, the camera that was judged more on its aesthetics rather than its capability. The body that looks and feels like a brick (in a good way) with the image quality and low light capability the OMD5 can only hope for.
Ibid on the superior low light capability. The OMD5 can't touch it.
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Posted on Feb 26, 2013 at 10:50:43 UTC
A huge mistake, on the part of Pentax. The K-01 is an extraordinary camera, increasingly popular with users, sunk largely by reviewers who didn't like the form factor. It's been selling quite well since the price cut last fall, so this decision is more about press cred than it is about economics. It'll become a cult classic, for sure, especially amongst professional photographers, who constitute the K-01's core fan base.
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Posted on Feb 26, 2013 at 07:59:39 UTC
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snapshtr: If Pentax ever releases a K-02, they don't need to come up with some ground-breaking k-01 or GXR type configuration. Just stick in the awesome K-5 II sensor with 14-bit color and it will give the X-Pro 1 and NEX-7 a run for its money.
You're absolutely right. It'd make sense. Unfortunately, a Pentax forum poster, (who sounded like he works at Pentax) said that a K-02, or an upgraded K-01, had been ruled out by the firm.
fakuryu: The Pentax K01, the camera that was judged more on its aesthetics rather than its capability. The body that looks and feels like a brick (in a good way) with the image quality and low light capability the OMD5 can only hope for.
Ibid on the superior low light capability. The OMD5 can't touch it.
A huge mistake, on the part of Pentax. The K-01 is an extraordinary camera, increasingly popular with users, sunk largely by reviewers who didn't like the form factor. It's been selling quite well since the price cut last fall, so this decision is more about press cred than it is about economics. It'll become a cult classic, for sure, especially amongst professional photographers, who constitute the K-01's core fan base.
What a puff piece. It's not journalism - it's an ad.