Mark Roberts wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
>I've often been tempted by the K-01 mated with an FA43 and DA21, it would
>be an ideal little kit.
Yes, the 43 Ltd also works very nicely. My K-01 is the black/silver
one and the silver Limited lens looks very good on it. The focal
length is just a wee bit longer than I like for general shooting.
Mike Johnston has predicted that the K-01 will become a collector's
item and I think he may be right about that.
I picked up one of these new some years back, when they were at the end of
their lifecycle and Pentax Australia (CR Kennedy) was clearing their last
stock out. I think it was A$250, including the 40mm DA XS pancake. Not a
great lens by any measure, but it was all so ridiculously cheap for that
much camera, I didn't really even consider the lens to be costing anything.
Hell, even the fact they use the same battery as the K-5 and on which I've
used as yet-another-spare makes it even cheaper :)
Its real downside, as already mentioned, is its terrible buffer. From
memory, in raw it's only one frame?
I can't say I use it a whole lot, but I don't think I'll ever get rid of it
either. It's just too unique.
- Peter
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