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Comment by m42geo posted on Pentax launch the Q at 26/06/2011 - 10:35
K10D wrote:
It's not a product for me and I'd rather see the monies going into a flash system or longer fast glass but where do you write this off as "rubbish"?
Best regards
This is just a remarketed compact camera. ok it might not be rubbish as a compact but IMO it is no way to match with something like the Olympus EP1 & EP2 and no way match the fuji X100.m42geo wrote:
Wow... everyone has got something to say about the Q.
So in another word pentax is putting some rubbish on the market trying to scam some people's who don't care and do not understand photography money.
How does it qualify as rubbish?Wow... everyone has got something to say about the Q.
So in another word pentax is putting some rubbish on the market trying to scam some people's who don't care and do not understand photography money.
It's not a product for me and I'd rather see the monies going into a flash system or longer fast glass but where do you write this off as "rubbish"?
Best regards
Comment by m42geo posted on Pentax launch the Q at 26/06/2011 - 03:34
Wow... everyone has got something to say about the Q.
I won't be buying this camera. To be honest if I am looking for a small size good IQ camera then I would get the Samsung NX100 which cost less then £300 with kit lens or I would get the Fuji X100, Both APSC sensor and still packed in a resonably small size.
However I hope pentax will sell many many Qs. Pentax has spent no money at all to develop the Q simply it is just like many of the compact camera that the put on the market every year. They just use the same compact sensor and take away the lens and here you go £500 please. Normally they sell their compacts for under £200. And I think even £200 is well over priced for this sort of camera. So in another word pentax is putting some rubbish on the market trying to scam some people's who don't care and do not understand photography money. I bought the Fuji X100 about 3 weeks ago and love it and it worth every penny. With the Q I think it is just not the right thing for me.
I am a real pentax fan and I hope they will do their marketing right and sell many many so that they can invest more money to develop a high end DSLR.
I won't be buying this camera. To be honest if I am looking for a small size good IQ camera then I would get the Samsung NX100 which cost less then £300 with kit lens or I would get the Fuji X100, Both APSC sensor and still packed in a resonably small size.
However I hope pentax will sell many many Qs. Pentax has spent no money at all to develop the Q simply it is just like many of the compact camera that the put on the market every year. They just use the same compact sensor and take away the lens and here you go £500 please. Normally they sell their compacts for under £200. And I think even £200 is well over priced for this sort of camera. So in another word pentax is putting some rubbish on the market trying to scam some people's who don't care and do not understand photography money. I bought the Fuji X100 about 3 weeks ago and love it and it worth every penny. With the Q I think it is just not the right thing for me.
I am a real pentax fan and I hope they will do their marketing right and sell many many so that they can invest more money to develop a high end DSLR.
Comment by m42geo posted on Pentax launch the Q at 26/06/2011 - 01:44
K10D can you let me know how the bokeh comapre between the two as well. Thanks
Comment by m42geo posted on WTB DA* 16-50mm at 25/06/2011 - 16:27
K10D wrote:
I've owned my 16-50mm SDM since Feb 08, broke it in Feb 11 and replaced it with a new one. Before I bought the replacement, I bought the new Sigma 17-50mm OS HSM so I now have both.
The Sigma is a very good, sharp lens and I think the OS is better than the SR in my K7. It's shortfall is that missing 1mm at the bottom end.
My 16-50 is also very sharp and I have yet to see CA.
Real world results seem different to reviews.
It's an excellent optic.
Best regards
SO you pefer the sigma 17-50 or the pentax 16-50?? if you have to choose one? in term of IQ I mean, forget about the weather seal.I've owned my 16-50mm SDM since Feb 08, broke it in Feb 11 and replaced it with a new one. Before I bought the replacement, I bought the new Sigma 17-50mm OS HSM so I now have both.
The Sigma is a very good, sharp lens and I think the OS is better than the SR in my K7. It's shortfall is that missing 1mm at the bottom end.
My 16-50 is also very sharp and I have yet to see CA.
Real world results seem different to reviews.
It's an excellent optic.
Best regards
Comment by m42geo posted on WTB DA* 16-50mm at 25/06/2011 - 16:25
Sorry to come back to this topic once again, but
http://www.robertsdonovan.com/?p=850
http://www.robertsdonovan.com/?p=850
Comment by m42geo posted on WTB DA* 16-50mm at 25/06/2011 - 15:26
I like the sigma, I have not use any other WA lens tho, check ebay out, sometimes people leave pentax and sell all their gears which normally includes a wide lens.
I got mine for £220 but it is the 10-20 f4-5.6
I got mine for £220 but it is the 10-20 f4-5.6
Comment by m42geo posted on Sigma 10-20 at 25/06/2011 - 00:51
Auto focus?
Comment by m42geo posted on Sigma 400mm AF (non apo) at 23/06/2011 - 22:24
Looks like the old F 35-55 performs better to me.
Comment by m42geo posted on New and old kit objective at 23/06/2011 - 20:06
Frogfish wrote:
[quote:3496ace15f="johnwhit"]
There's a shop in the Shanghai photographic mall I go to that has a ton of Pentax gear ... they have about 5 x FA*85/1.4 that start at around GBP1,000
U mean those 85mm 1.4 from that shop are brand new?[quote:3496ace15f="johnwhit"]
There's a shop in the Shanghai photographic mall I go to that has a ton of Pentax gear ... they have about 5 x FA*85/1.4 that start at around GBP1,000
Comment by m42geo posted on FA 43mm ltd or Sigma 50mm 1.4 or DA* 55mm 1.4 at 23/06/2011 - 19:47
This is just a remarketed compact camera. ok it might not be rubbish as a compact but IMO it is no way to match with something like the Olympus EP1 & EP2 and no way match the fuji X100.
The Q is totally another size and as someone noted earlier in this thread is near in size to the Canon S95. Whether we would by it or whether the price is right is a whole different matter.
Pentax might have got it wrong here, by I think it is right that they are trying to come out with different products to differentiate from competition.