Thursday, February 2, 2012

Buying Ugly

Pentax K-01
Well it's here, and it's ugly!  So ugly it's kind of cute.  The lack of a viewfinder kind of kills the fun for me personally, but the ability to use all the Pentax K mount lenses on it is pretty awesome.  A big brick of a camera in depth, it has a solid rubber grip and cool retro controls on the top.  You either love it or hate it, but one way or the other Pentax is making a statement.  With a sensor that should be on par with the Canon 5DmkII and Nikon D700 beating Pentax K5 sensor this camera could be quite a performer too!

I love the new 40mm f2.8 pancake lens.  It's small!  And I always have dreamt of owning that 77mm f1.8 limited prime Pentax makes.  It would be sweet on this camera.  Am I going to buy it?  No, probably not, but I applaud Pentax for thinking out of the box.  Boring this is not.

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