On Jun 22, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually intrigued by this. Cheers, > Christine > > http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/PENTAXQ/PENTAXQA7.HTM
It looks surprisingly nice at ISO 125, though at high ISO they've got a metric assload of noise reduction, making me suspect that the image is an in camera jpeg rather than raw. My initial reaction is total disinterest based solely on sensor size. Then again, three years ago I thought that a 24x36 sensor was necessary for the performance of the K-5. When the mac was introduced the User Interface was several years ahead of affordable silicon with the processing power needed to run it, so by the time that processor technology caught up, they pretty much owned the market of folks who needed/wanted that style of UI. I suspect that Pentax has done something similar here. Silicon is on the ragged edge of being able to support sensor sizes that small and still get acceptable quality, but in a few years when sensor technology catches up, they'll have had a big head start in this niche market. My FZ50 did fine at low ISO, and it seems from the sample shots the Q will also. When it comes to low ISO, I was happy for decades never shooting over ISO 400, and usually shooting ISO 25-125. I will do my best to keep an open mind about this camera. It doesn't immediately threaten my fiscal responsibility, but I can see potential uses for it. The sensor 1/2.3" is a little bit smaller than the powershot G12 1/1.7" (WTF is it with these bizzare fractional inch sensor sizes, why not just use mm?), so I can see it as a compact with interchangeable lenses, rather than a primary camera with a minuscule sensor. My money is on Godfrey "I shot with a Minox for years" DiGiorgi to be the first on the list with one. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
