Pentax Q - what aspect ratio

Depends which way you look at it.

From my own perspective, DSLRs have a lot of drawbacks compared to the Q. Big and bulky, treated with suspicion, rarely with me when I need them (when I owned them that is).

The Q on the other hand is small, inconspicuous yet still affords me full control. Telephoto focal lengths should also be easily and cheaply attainable.

Above all, it fills me with the desire to take photographs, and that is worth more than anything.

To explain further, there is nothing I hate more than a 'staged' photo. My partners family are the worst for it. Every photo of theirs is the same, the same people stood the same way with the same look on their face. Only the backgrounds change. I love candid shots, capturing what happens between the staged photos. The bigger the camera the harder it is to capture this. Smartphones are amongst the best for this, being discrete, but they lack the manual control and suffer with shutter lag, etc. This is where I hope the Q will shine.

Loving my Q, it has rekindled my enthusiasim for taking images once again. Being so small and pocketable I can take it anywhere and everywhere.

As for ratio, I'm still 'stuck' on 1:1 and love it. Always like the sQuare format.

"The best camera is the one you have on you" Chase Jarvis

It's like saying that an iPod Touch/iPhone can replace a desktop
They each have their own strengths
The Q is a lovely complement to the bigger dSLRs. It's incredibly accesible, easy to use, takes good to great photos, is discrete, and above all a lot of fun! (battery life is pretty bad though - about half day shooting)

Would I replace my K-5? Never. But I'd take the Q more often to places there might not be 'serious' photo opportunities and will be likely to get some pretty excellent snaps at least.

Absolutely

Matt

so not able to select dng like with the K5 and K 200 D ?

The Q is DNG only
Which means it'll work out of the box with any DNG-capable RAW converter
(i.e. no option for PEF)
Matt

ahhhh that is good news

ta for that

Should have added that LR has the correction profiles for the lenses already - otherwise there's some serious distortion to correct
Matt

Or the camera can correct its own JPEGs very nicely as well.

that's odd i'm on LR3 and sure I saw no q lenses listed ... have i missed something ?

Not sure where the lens profiles come from... but I'm on LR4.1 and they're there. You may find the profiles in the ACR update too
Matt

hmmm have to see if I can find out if one can update lens profiles and how

thanks Matt

Try installing/updating the latest Adobe Camera Raw

is that a plug in or some such or what sorry I'm not that familiar

ta

Try updating ACR, as had been said. Also update LR3 to LR3.6. I have just checked that both the 01 and 02 Q lenses are included in the list of lenses on 3.6

Hope this helps mate.

cheers fella