I have had the best and worst relationship with this camera

I picked up a really nice used copy in 2024 and shot it really hard on portrait assignments. But the first year I closed the car door on it while in my pocket and smashed the screen - J Pye replaced it but fast forward my son dropped the camera on the floor and had another screen replacement.

In July of 25 while on a holiday on the Irish coast I fell on rocks and hit the camera off the rocks. The lens hunted ocassionally but in the last few weeks the lens has been getting stuck and I have used cut cardboard from toilet roll to force the lens closed so i can reopen it.

Now the camera lens opens but then gets stuck and nothing happens - camera powers down.

Pye Auctions / Repairs wont look at it so looking for some miracles


heres a selection of photos that sicken me more than the new used price on the bay (approx 700quid!)

Im beginning to use the Q7 more and more as I am enjoying the filmic look - and so are the clients

All images a blend of 01, 02 and fisheye


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sorry David I am referring to the Q 07 lens in the Pentax Q Set up - its basically a lens cap with a one single element lens at a fixed aperture of F9

Not sharp but gives a certain look

Having spent a few weeks now working on these abstraction images with the pentax q and mountshield i decided to try a different look with the ricoh gr - i took dozens and didnt like any of them - they dont have the look that i was achieving with the mountshield. I have been shooting a ton of pinhole and holga for my upcoming exhibition - that might be the reason. I am not interested in "clean" images Back to the mountshield - a selection of yesterdays finds

Cheers

ty so much

THANK YOU

Q7 and Mountshield

Ty!