Mike Johnston had the inside scoop and mentions that the name probably refers to the Queen in playing cards, because the K mount referred to the King:
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/06/qsystem.html This worries me, because the APS-C mirrorless coming in the (Northern Hemisphere) Autumn might feature a new J mount...which would make it, you guessed it, the Joker! If they're going to stick to the card allusions, I would release the camera system in all-black only and call the new mount the AOS (Ace Of Spades) Mount. Needless to say, all the advertising would be done by Lemmy: http://www.metal-rules.com/metalnews/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Lemmy_poster.jpg I'm actually being a lot more serious than any of you is giving me credit for. —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 23 June 2011 05:44, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > Announced today, as far as I can tell. Pentax User has the photos > http://www.pentaxuser.co.uk/news > > New Pentax Q Compact System Camera And Q-Mount Interchangeable Lenses > > The exciting news from Pentax today is the release of the Pentax Q Compact > System Camera and 5 Q-Mount interchangeable lenses. > > Pentax Q System Camera Key Features: > > > • 12.4 megapixel backlit 1/2.33inch CMOS sensor > > • 3inch 16:9 screen, 460k dots > > • 5fps shooting > > • Shake Reduction built in (shift-CMOS) > > • Dust Removal > > • ISO125 - ISO6400 > > • Smart Filters, including HDR > > • Multi-exposure (up to 9 shots) > > • Customisable Green button > > • Full HD Video recording, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, 30fps, up to 25 minutes > > • Built in pop-up flash, flash hot-shoe > > • P/A/S/M modes > > • RAW support (Silkypix Developer Studio 3.0) > > • 230-250 shots depending on flash use > > • Highlight, Shadow, Lens distortion correction > > • Rechargeable lithium ion battery > > • 98x57.7x31mm > > • 180g body only > > > Pentax has announced five new Q-Mount lenses for the new Pentax Q > interchangeable lens system. The five new lenses are numbered by Pentax from > 01 to 05, so one should expect to see additional lenses in the future, the > new lenses are: > > > • Pentax 01 Standard Prime f/1.9 47mm equivalent, metal mount > > • Pentax 02 Standard Zoom f/2.8-4.5, 27.5~83.0mm equivalent, metal > mound > > • Pentax 03 Fish-Eye f/5.6, 17.5mm equivalent, 160 degrees view, > plastic mount, manual focus > > • Pentax 04 Toy Wide f/7.1, 35mm equivalent, plastic mount, manual > focus > > • Pentax 05 Toy Telephoto f/8.0, 100mm equivalent (Pancake), plastic > mount, manual focus > > > > Joseph McAllister > pentax...@mac.com > > http://gallery.me.com/jomac > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
