With my nostalgic connection to Pentax owners going strong in my head, I stopped in to DPR and Camerasize to look at the new K-1. It looks like it will be a fine addition to the line for Pentax lens owners, at least those with full frame spec lenses.
I thought it interesting to do a comparison at camerasize.com to see how the K-1 worked out in dimensions and weight to my current main camera, the Leica SL: Leica SL Typ 601 is 8% (10.5 mm) wider and 5% (6 mm) shorter than Pentax K-1. Leica SL Typ 601 is 54% (46.5 mm) thinner than Pentax K-1. Leica SL Typ 601 [847 g] weighs 16% (163 grams) less than Pentax K-1 [1010 g] (*inc. batteries and memory card). Leica SL Typ 601 dimensions: 147x104x39 mm (camera body only, excluding protrusion) Pentax K-1 dimensions: 136.5x110x85.5 mm (camera body only, excluding protrusion) (http://camerasize.com/compare/#639,659) It's kind of funny. Many in the Leica community are up in arms about the SL being too big and too heavy, yet people here are saying that the K-1 is small and light for a FF camera. Gosh, I'd hate to be a camera manufacturer. I can't judge these cameras. They all blur to my eyes. I'm happy with what I have and don't want anything more. But I hope the new Pentax is everything you have been hoping for. Now it's just a matter of booking plane fare so I can be there when Cotty eats his hat. ];-) G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
