Re: Fwd: Re: Anyone else with Q7?

[John]

We'll see where this goes, but I think you can set "reply to list" as a 
default.


On 6/2/2017 01:37, P. J. Alling wrote:




 Forwarded Message 
Subject: Re: Anyone else with Q7?
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 17:03:22 -0400
From: P. J. Alling 
To: Steve Cottrell 



Wait, this was a big deal on the list a few years ago.   Cotty, are you
having memory problems?


On 6/1/2017 4:51 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 1/6/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed:


Oh, right. Not an uplifting first response...
This is it:

http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.uk/en/product/10404/body/overview/digital-
mirrorless.html

Never seen this before. Looks like a neat little camera. Any good?







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Fwd: Re: Anyone else with Q7?

[P. J. Alling]

For some reason this is too big for the list?



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Subject:Re: Anyone else with Q7?
Date:   Sat, 3 Jun 2017 10:39:51 -0400
From:   P. J. Alling 
To: pdml@pdml.net



I'm pretty sure they killed the Q because there was no where to go with
it.  The sensor was already pushing resolution limits, the form factor
was already too small for a decent powered battery to improve
performance, as well as being less that optimal for heat management.
Pretty much any improvement was going to make the camera larger.  and it
would start to compete with the smaller m43 cameras as it's form factor
approached theirs.

I hate to say it but the Olympus Pen cameras have better IQ better
ergonomics,  better battery life, and are only marginally larger, with
in most cases a provision for an actual eye level view finder.

Currently Olympus only seems to have two current Pen Models, (I remember
when they seemed to have hundreds), the PEN F and EPL8. Though the Pen
mini was a closer match in size, I don't know when it was discontinued,
but here's the camera size comparison.

http://camerasize.com/compare/#561,163

This camera and the Q series were pretty much direct competitors,  the
lenses were slightly larger but the IQ was superior and I seem to
remember it having a lower initial price.


On 6/3/2017 4:50 AM, Toine wrote:

The 08 is a real gem. LR has a profile for it. allmost a macro wide angle
The 06 tele zoom and 01 are also excellent. I had to get three copies
of the 02 standard zoom to get a good one.

If you put a raynox 150 or 250 in front of the 06 tele you get an
excellent tele macro.

and if you get a Metx 26 SF-2 you have a really small flash which can
tilt and combined with a cheap diffusor doubles as a perfect macro
flash.

I have no idea why they killed the Q line. I have a complete photo kit
in a very very small bag


On 3 June 2017 at 00:01, Jostein Øksne  wrote:

Thanks Toine!
Actually I had to order the Q/K adapter from B, so I ordered the wide angle 
too while at it. :-)
Now I really look forward to testing it.
Jostein

Den 2. juni 2017 22.46.24 CEST, skrev Toine :

Yes Q7 and a Q-S1 and all the lenses. You'll want the 08 wide zoom

Toine

On 1 June 2017 at 19:29, Jostein Øksne  wrote:

Picked up a Q7 kit today that came at an irresistible price. Any

other users here?

Jostein
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Re: Fwd: Re: Anyone else with Q7?

[Brian Walters]

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017, at 03:37 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject:Re: Anyone else with Q7?
> Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2017 17:01:57 -0400
> From:   P. J. Alling 
> To: Jostein 
> 
> 
> 
> Wow, they've been discontinued in Japan and the US for at last a couple
> of years now.  I know where Ricoh sent the remaining stock now.


The Q-S1 was the latest model but even that's been canned as far as I
know.

I use my Q (original model) as a take anywhere system - I never leave
home without it.  The body and two zooms take up almost no space.

Pocketability? With the original 01 prime lens it wont fit in the pocket
of tight jeans (not that I wear them!) but it can fit into a larger
pocket.


Cheers

Brian

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> 
> 
> On 6/1/2017 4:02 PM, Jostein wrote:
> > Oh, right. Not an uplifting first response...
> > This is it:
> > http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.uk/en/product/10404/body/overview/digital-mirrorless.html
> >  
> >
> >
> > Jostein
> >
> > Den 01.06.2017 20.57, skrev Daniel J. Matyola:
> >> What is a Q7?
> >>
> >
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Fwd: Re: Anyone else with Q7?

[P. J. Alling]

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Subject:Re: Anyone else with Q7?
Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2017 17:03:22 -0400
From:   P. J. Alling 
To: Steve Cottrell 



Wait, this was a big deal on the list a few years ago.   Cotty, are you
having memory problems?


On 6/1/2017 4:51 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 1/6/17, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed:


Oh, right. Not an uplifting first response...
This is it:

http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.uk/en/product/10404/body/overview/digital-
mirrorless.html

Never seen this before. Looks like a neat little camera. Any good?





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Fwd: Re: Anyone else with Q7?

[P. J. Alling]

Once again I failed to reply to the list.



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Subject:Re: Anyone else with Q7?
Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2017 16:58:43 -0400
From:   P. J. Alling 
To: Jostein Øksne 



Every time I was tempted a little voice told me it would soon be as
orphaned as the Auto110, and lo now it is.  So no I don't have one.  I
think if I were going to get something in that format, I'd look for an
MX-1.  At least I could justify to myself at least that it didn't really
need a eye level view finder, and the MX-1 is actually a pocket-able
pocket camera, which the Q series don't actually seem to be, at least if
a lens is mounted.


On 6/1/2017 1:29 PM, Jostein Øksne wrote:

Picked up a Q7 kit today that came at an irresistible price. Any other users 
here?
Jostein


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Fwd: Re: Anyone else with Q7?

[P. J. Alling]

 Forwarded Message 
Subject:Re: Anyone else with Q7?
Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2017 17:01:57 -0400
From:   P. J. Alling 
To: Jostein 



Wow, they've been discontinued in Japan and the US for at last a couple
of years now.  I know where Ricoh sent the remaining stock now.


On 6/1/2017 4:02 PM, Jostein wrote:

Oh, right. Not an uplifting first response...
This is it:
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.uk/en/product/10404/body/overview/digital-mirrorless.html 



Jostein

Den 01.06.2017 20.57, skrev Daniel J. Matyola:

What is a Q7?





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