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Let me introduse the Pentax K-01
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[quote name='mst' timestamp='1328130751' post='15389']

I'm mostly with BC here (except that I can imagine it to actually be comfortable). And I still don't get the K-mount idea, except that they can start their mirrorless system now with a large existing lens portfolio. But a "real" mirrorless (with short flange distance), native lenses and K-mount adapter still sounds like a much better idea to me...



-- Markus

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[quote name='you2' timestamp='1328189026' post='15404']

Pentax cameras have always been relatively compact (compared to nikon or canon). From a business perspective this makes sense to me as it reduce their production cost (conversely increase margins). It also allows them to compete with true mirror-less systems from a marketing perspective. Yea - it is not as compact but then again is the fuji pro-1 that much smaller ?

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Camera systems with short flanged register distances only gain a size benefit when used together with a relatively small range of lenses, namely non-retrofocal shortish widish angle lenses. Ironically, that group of lenses also tend to be mediocre on typical digital sensors compared to their much longer retrofocal counterparts. Of course longer lenses (>45mm or so) are the same length from the image plane regardless of minor distance differences in register lengths. So there would be very little advantage to a short flange distance system except that the body sans lens is much more sexy and a set of sexy-small but crappy primes can be offered. Pentax's approach to flange distance makes as much sense as any, if not more.
  


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Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by netrex - 02-01-2012, 04:29 PM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by Klaus - 02-01-2012, 05:10 PM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by mst - 02-01-2012, 09:12 PM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by Guest - 02-02-2012, 01:23 PM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by dave9t5 - 02-02-2012, 02:10 PM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by davidmanze - 02-02-2012, 02:39 PM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by mst - 02-02-2012, 02:46 PM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by netrex - 02-02-2012, 04:49 PM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by outofrangefinder - 02-02-2012, 09:11 PM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by netrex - 02-03-2012, 01:26 AM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by outofrangefinder - 02-03-2012, 07:59 AM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by netrex - 02-03-2012, 08:21 AM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by davidmanze - 02-03-2012, 02:16 PM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by netrex - 02-04-2012, 07:47 AM
Let me introduse the Pentax K-01 - by Guest - 05-19-2012, 12:28 PM

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