Pentax K-01, Ugliest Camera Ever

CK Dexter Haven said:
Thing is, this isn't an Equalizer you can stick into a 1u rack space and forget about. I'm like the Dane. Anything i have to live with, wear, and/or use on a daily basis has to be designed to a certain standard.
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Even some 1u rack space devices are designed to please the eye. 🙂
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The whole "only picture quality matters" only holds water if you only see pictures and never use a camera.
 
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gavinlg said:
Oh wow..

Pentax remember your spotmatics? And the MX? And the beautiful LX?
This camera just doesn't fit. It looks like something GE or some obscure chinese electronics company would build. What happened to ergonomic design?
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Gavin, you forgot one important name in unergonomic design hall of fame: A r g u s
 
The comparison made earlier to the Digilux is all very well but really ... they are chalk and cheese. The Leica, inspite of the chunky design, has some form/elegance and looks quite good IMO. The Pentax doesn't seem to look right or even close to right from any angle!

It's a turd ... and if it is actually a sales success it'll only be because they're offering a lifetime supply of polish with each unit sold!

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Jamie123 said:
Actually, if you look at the BJP link I posted, you'll find that the Pentax UK spokesperson specifically states that it's really the design that's important here, not the functions (as it really offers no advantages over a DSLR). So it's not entirely unfair of people to focus their criticism on the design.

Also, everyone's entitled to their opinion and everyone has their own taste but I certainly don't think that the fact alone that it's a departure from the "me-too or retro designs produced by most camera designers" makes it a successful design. Doing something different is very easy. You can make a camera that camouflages as a turd and it would certainly be different and unusual. Doing something different that's good is the hard part. Pentax, it seems, has chosen to do the former. 🙂
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I don't get it, it is smaller, it is cheaper, and it has M, Av, Tv which is all I want. It is new and very different for a digital camera, still give me a reason why I wouldn't buy one over a DSLR. I've had many SLRs and two DSLRs; they are 'foxtrot-ing' pains in the rectal area.
 
Interesting to go over to the Pentax forum for a looksee ... they have a forum dedicated to the camera and heaps of posts/threads praising it.

But it is the 'Pentax' forum I guess! 😀

We tend to look at everything here from our own point of interest based on the cameras we like ... there's obviously a world of people out there who think differently to us. Who would have thought that? 😀
 
All the people who went out and bought and loved (guilty here) those boxy Volvos from the seventies and eighties will want one for sure! 😛
 
f6andBthere said:
The comparison made earlier to the Digilux is all very well but really ... they are chalk and cheese. The Leica, inspite of the chunky design, has some form/elegance and looks quite good IMO. The Pentax doesn't seem to look right or even close to right from any angle!

It's a turd ... and if it is actually a sales success it'll only be because they're offering a lifetime supply of polish with each unit sold!

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I specified Digilux 1...which is like the Argus C3 reborn.
 
charjohncarter said:
I don't get it, it is smaller, it is cheaper, and it has M, Av, Tv which is all I want. It is new and very different for a digital camera, still give me a reason why I wouldn't buy one over a DSLR. I've had many SLRs and two DSLRs; they are 'foxtrot-ing' pains in the rectal area.
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If you look at the comparison picture posted by gavinlg it looks like it's only marginally smaller than a DSLR and it uses the exact same lenses. And at almost the same size it doesn't have a viewfinder. I guess it's just not clear why someone who doesn't like DSLRs would like this one.
 
It's design is actually starting to grow on me, it's still a big ugly, but at least it's different, rather just another black blob. What frustrates me, is that had they given it a decent EVF, then it would be great, but as it is, it seems a few years behind everyone else.
 
Looking at the first photo, I disliked it, it looked toy-like. It made me think of some of Newson's designs that have dated. But looking at more photos, I reckon first impressions were deceiving. It's pretty minimal, simple, and works for me.

Unfortunately I tried the 60mm view for six months with my R-D1 and hated it.
 
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