Whích Q ?

Maybe you´d like to sell one cheaply to help spread the Q word?

Only joking...but hey if you fancy making some room on the shelf..drop me a pm

QS-1 with 02 & 06 lenses purchased, from ebay...managed to pass it off as my Christmas present from the wife (which I paid for) so looking good....

Only problem is right after I won the auction a really nice K-01 has come on ebay here...always fancied one of them...now leading the bidding on that as well...hope I get outbid as Mrs will defo kill me...unless...present from the kids...

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Same here, I agree.
Dave
P.S Looking out of my window here in South Essex at the moment I wish I was where you are - been there and one of my favourite places. Just have to wait till summer and go to Devon instead

Well the Q s1 has been received and my wonderful wife has got me all the missing lenses so I have 1 thru 7...8 is miles too expensive.
Merry Christmas to you all.

Have you had a chance to use the 07 yet Bruce.....just ordered one from SRS

I like the whole concept of the Q series and it is an amazing little camera, but I wouldn't buy one until Pentax include a built-in viewfinder and tilt-screen. I don't like holding a camera out in front to compose a shot. At least with the MX-1, with the screen tilted up, it can be held against the body like a TLR, which gives a much clearer view of the screen in bright ambient light.

Cheers.
Philip

*But that is the beauty of the Q....."it's quirky, innovative, polished but not perfect, brilliant but not brushed".....it's a Pentax!!*



.....and before any of you buggers steal my (marketing concept) lines for Pentax/Ricoh camera advertising I hereby LICENCE the above and demand all Royalties be paid to me in respect of republishing part or whole of the above* !!. I will however happily swap it with Ricoh for a job

I heard that the Compact System Cameras are no longer in development (not just Pentax). The Qs are a dying breed I need to get one before the are extinct....

You might need to back that comment up with a link to a reliable source because that's quite a statement seeing as MFT system camera sales are on the increase as well as APS-C mirrorless system cameras.

What do you suppose is going to replace mirrorless system cameras when DSLR sales are falling?

I can find links that suggest the opposite but nothing that would corroborate that. I believe all the major manufacturers have produced new models this year.

The comment came from a reliable camera shop when I asked about about the Q cameras.

Maybe its just the Q system that being phased out, hopefully Ricoh will have something else lined up.

So what was this camera store trying to push?
Perhaps you mean 'an employee' in the reliable camera shop who was trying to make his sales quota with stories. I'd ask him for clarification because quite frankly the comment is absurd. Compact System Cameras (and that means mostly Micro Four Thirds, Canon M and Fujifilm X mount) are most certainly not going away.

The Q system has been hugely successful, I seriously doubt Ricoh will be dropping it.

i hope you are right, and maybe I miss interpreted their comments or I have just drunk too much cider tonight. I guest we will see in the new year.

Hi all, Camera manufacturers are struggling with amateur sales in the light of the success of smartphone cameras. Samsung backing out, Olympus had to be bailed out, sensor makers merging etc.

I noted a while back that 84% of Ricoh/Pentax sales are in their home market. I also gather the Q system is popular in their home market. With the lack of camera shops for most of us I think 2016 will be a struggle and will concentrate on high end gear. Mirrorless means smaller and lighter for the consumer so I guess it will continue to make inroads into DSLR sales. I'll keep lugging my K3 and lenses and look out for a cheap GR for pocket use.