Wel these examples certainly show it in a good light. It's a shame they didn't open with a £250 price tag a year ago. They'd have sold millions.
All the black and white stuff I've seen from the Q looks great. The colour pics have been much more variable. I do like it and if I was given one with the fixed prime I'd use it - a LOT! But if I was spending my hard earned money I'd still go for the Canon S100.
It is a cute little camera and every time I see one on display in a shop I just want to pick it up. I'd love it to do well but I think they've missed the boat now. .....Unless there's a Q2 on the way.
But if there is, Pentax, PLEASE, no silly prices again.

Even if they had gone with the 1/1.7 size sensor which is 7.5x5.5 that should have shown a noticeable improvement only a millimetre bigger in each direction but a 20% increase in sensor area.
The Q is a lovely little camera but for me the picture quality isn't up to the price tag and it so nearly could have been!!
I was hoping it could be a digital Rollei 35......alas, no.

Oops John beat me to it while I was typing.....
Just as well as I'd totally forgotten about the blank frame bit.

From memory.... when you have wound the film on take up any backlash on the film rewind spool (by just turning the rewind handle.)
take the first exposure. then while holding down the little film rewind button under the camera cock the shutter . Hopefully it will not pull out any more film and you will be good for the second exposure on the same frame. (You may also need to hold the rewind handle in place as you wind on with the rewind button pressed, just to make sure no more film comes out.)

I think it tells you how do do it in the manual. I'm sure there's an on line one somewhere you should be able to look up.

Sorry John but if they had put a 110 sizes sensor in the Q it would have wiped the floor with everything else out there. Well, at least been a very serious piece of hardware.
The 110 frame size is 17x13 (mm) the Q is 6x4.5. Noise and depth of field are both compromised by this. I think they missed a trick. (badly)
To me this is why the Q is not a digital 110.

Well I think Pentax win over the OMD due to their support of legacy glass in their DSLRs and they are slowly reducing the size towards my ideal of the M series film bodies.
I agree they got the Q wrong by going for such a small sensor. Even with the current pricing I would still take a Canon s100 or Lumix LX5 in preference. They got everything right on the Q except the sensor size and price.( IMHO )
The K-01 is let down by the lack of articulating screen. It would be a great choice for video if it had that - and some more pancake lenses ready at launch.

I've recently started developing black and white film again too. What you NEED are a developing tank, developer and fixer, a thermometer and a sink. Stop bath and wetting agent are optional in my view and leaning them out for the first few attempts will make life easier and less stressful as you get to grips with timings and temperature. Oh yea, you will need a timer of some sort too.
Highly recommended extras would be pegs to hang and weight the drying neg afterwards ( clothes pegs will do but the Patterson weighted film clips are very good - heavy one at the bottom!) and squeegee tongs to wipe water drips away and prevent drying marks.
Check what temperature your cold tap water is. Often it is surprisingly close to the recommended temps and that will make life much easier. All the chemical makers websites have temperature adjustment graphs. These show how much you need to adjust timings depending on temperature.
The hardest part is loading the film spiral in the pitch dark and under a duvet!
Best advice I can give is get everything prepared first and don't panic too much over temperatures and timings.

Well I think an entry level model that is pretty near on parr with the last top of the line model is quite a statement. I wonder what they will have to come out with for the K5 replacement!
I agree that the glass situation needs to be addressed. They need some seriously good long glass. The other area where Pentax loose out is sports photography. Better AF and fast long glass is a must.

Hello and welcome to the forum.

The one day I go go out for the afternoon.......Damn!
Bargain price too!

Ho hum.