Pentax K-01

price, usability, image quality, lens, performance

screen, color

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

usability, performance, portability, price, image quality

viewfinder

95% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

viewfinder

usability, focus, durability, screen, low-light

100% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

We’ll give Pentax K-01 a passing grade — but just barely. Given the right circumstances, it grabs very nice stills. However, there are just too many negative issues. You have far better options at more palatable prices.

Excellent image quality ; Excellent battery life ; Huge lens ecosystem ; Manual controls and easy access to key settings

Expensive ; Relatively large and heavy ; Mediocre autofocus ; Bizarre physical design

Despite producing excellent photos, the K-01 lags behind the competition in some significant ways

If you're with a bunch of photographers and want to get noticed, just pull out a Pentax K-01. Love it or hate it, the Marc Newson-designed camera has a one-of-a-kind style that'll certainly turn heads. The K-01 is about more than just looks, though -...

Shoots video at three resolutions and 11 frame rates. Works with Pentax’s entire range of lenses

No dedicated viewfinder. What weight savings

Extremely sharp lens. Excellent high ISO performance. Full compatibility with Pentax K-mount lenses. In-body image stabilization. Selectable video frame rates.

Larger than other cameras in its class. Slow autofocus. No EVF option. Fixed rear LCD.

The larger body paves the way for a solid layout of controls. There's a standard mode dial, control wheel, and shutter release up top, along with EV Compensation, programmable green and red buttons, and the flash release, which doubles as the Delete...

High image quality ; 16MP APS-C CMOS sensor ; K-mount accepts numerous lenses ; ISO range of 100 to 25600 ; Focus Peaking mode ; Sensor-shift shake and dust reduction ; High-resolution 3-inch LCD (920,000 dots) ; Records 1080 HD video at 30 fps ;...

Burst modes are slow ; Autofocus can be sluggish ; No optical or eye-level electronic viewfinder ; Lack of hand grip can be awkward ; Button placement could be better ; Autofocus does not track during movie recording

The Pentax K-01 is a great opportunity for old-schoolers with a K-mount lens stash who are looking to go digital, or need an SLR backup. The high image quality is impressive, as is the ability to crank up the ISO to 25,600. The very high-resolution LCD...

The Pentax K-01 is a bravely different but ultimately flawed entry into the mirrorless compact system camera market. Love it or hate it looks aside, the main issue with the K-01 is its sheer size - it's not that much smaller than a regular DSLR and is...

Very good image quality and excellent high ISO performance. Premium build quality. In-body image stabilization. Lots of creative features. Full HD movie capture with manual exposure control

Barely any smaller than a standard SLR, but lacks viewfinder and phase-detect autofocus. Contrast-detect AF is slow and unreliable. Body design is clumsy and uncomfortable. Very slow raw burst shooting

With the Pentax K-01, the company treads new ground. It's a bold move, making Pentax the only manufacturer to offer two distinct mirrorless product lines, and the only one to offer a way to use existing SLR glass on mirrorless without an adapter. We...