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New Pentax Superzoom: X5 (Photokina Leak)

Pentaxophile
Posted 21/08/2012 - 15:22 Link
Yes, it looks like a mini-K5, with a swivel screen. Fingers crossed for an Exmor sensor.


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Don
Posted 21/08/2012 - 15:29 Link
same sensor as q.
too bad they did not make this with a q lens mount...
I'm like this would totally sell more q system lenses then I saw "16 mp" on the lens and was like WTF?
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
johnriley
Posted 21/08/2012 - 15:50 Link
If that is the same sized sensor as the Q then the 35-mm equivalent focal length starts at 22mm, which is quite wide. The long end becomes 572mm, which again is quite impressive.
Best regards, John
matwhittington
Posted 21/08/2012 - 17:53 Link
Do you reckon that the lens is fixed or interchangeable? If it had a k-mount you could presumably get some pretty monstrous (equivalent) focal lengths with existing lenses:, but my guess is that the lens is fixed like a bridge camera... Like the swivel screen, I could do with one of those.

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szgabor
Posted 21/08/2012 - 18:05 Link
matwhittington wrote:
Do you reckon that the lens is fixed or interchangeable? ...

The X series are bridge cameras like X90 or X70. Those have 4.6-119.6/110.4mm zoom range that is similar to the range of this camera.
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Gábor
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wvbarnes
Posted 21/08/2012 - 18:20 Link
I've owned bridge cameras, noisy above low ISO, burnt out highlights, poor detail, cheap glass. I moved on to Pentax DSLRs. Never looked back.
JAK
Posted 21/08/2012 - 18:21 Link
It doesn't look to have the button to press to remove the lens as far as I can see. Bridge camera lenses are usually fixed so doubt that this would be an exception. Some comments on the American forum talk of using DA etc. lenses, not sure what has given them that idea.

John
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johnriley
Posted 21/08/2012 - 19:23 Link
I enjoyed using the X90 and only moved on to other cameras for the usual reason - an itchy "Buy Now" finger.....
Best regards, John
matwhittington
Posted 21/08/2012 - 19:47 Link
I had one of those today; then I had a quick look in the second hand section of London Camera Exchange (as I was passing), and now i have a Pentax Q and two lenses! Top fun these itchy Buy Now fingers but I hope I don't have one every day as my wallet will not be able to handle it
Mat W

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beachboy2
Posted 23/08/2012 - 08:17 Link
Full details announced on Japan web site.
http://www.pentax.jp/english/news/2012/20120823.html
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Edited by beachboy2: 23/08/2012 - 08:17
Telstar
Posted 23/08/2012 - 09:08 Link
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gartmore
Posted 23/08/2012 - 09:22 Link
And now officially launched: link
Ken
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johnriley
Posted 23/08/2012 - 09:22 Link
All the info is already on Pentax User - see the panel to the right of the page.
Best regards, John
Posted 23/08/2012 - 13:48 Link
Just had a look through, now I don't know if it is just me but can someone decipher the sensor size 1/2.33"

is that 1/2" x 1/3" or just a ratio with v.poor skills mixing decimal, not massively important I'm just hurting my head trying to suss it out.
Pint o' rough & a game o' darts anyone
Edited by InFESTation: 23/08/2012 - 14:06
amilner
Posted 23/08/2012 - 17:16 Link
The 1/2.33 is ane example of the semi-standard - if slightly bizarre - way of indicating sensor size:

"Sensor formats of digital cameras are mostly expressed in the non-standardized "inch" system as approximately 1.5 times the length of the diagonal of the sensor. This goes back to the way image sizes of video cameras used until the late 1980s were expressed, referring to the outside diameter of the glass envelope of the video camera tube."

Cf. the article on Wikipedia (the relevant information is towards the bottom of the article)
Tony Milner
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Edited by amilner: 23/08/2012 - 17:17

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