It makes such a nice keyring as well. Actually, the PDML is relatively calm in the Chicken Little department compared to many lists/forums. I look at the 43 Rumors site and Olympus is declared dead on a daily basis. Although today they noted the Pentax Q and they declared Pentax dead. I bet Olympus was happy for the day off.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Mark Cassino <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this could be a fine camera for me and I'll be watching for more > information. I want to have fun with my camera but I also want to take great > shots. I carry a Nikon P6000 with me when I travel now, and I've gotten some > great shots with it. Yeah, it's a small sensor and noisy and the camera is > slow > and the lens focuses poorly and everyone dishes on what a piece of crap it > is... > BFD: it works and once you blow past the limitations, you can do good work > with > it. I've also gotten some fine shots form my Kodak Retina A which relies on > dead > reckoning for focus and exposure (unless you pack a separate hand held meter). > Again - it works. > > The Q looks like a huge step up from the compact camera I'm used to using and > not as bulky as the micro 4/3rds, which are not all that small. If the image > quality proves to be good, I'll probably go for one. I'm pretty tolerant about > what good means - if it is on par with a scan of ISO 400 print film, I can > probably make a print from it that does what I want. > > > If you can figure out how to make something work when everyone else is focused > on why it won't work, you're ahead in the game. I'd love a camera this small > and > if the image quality is on par with the compact that i use now, the > interchangeable lenses and ergonomics would make it a no-brainer to buy, IMO. > > > So - the Q may well be for me... If they made a10mm marco for it, it might > even > be more for me...:-) > > MCC > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: John Celio <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, June 23, 2011 5:18:33 PM > Subject: Mind your Ps and Qs: the Q is not meant for you > > I'm amazed by how many people are expressing disappointment in the Q, > here and on other forums, as if it's supposed to be some sort of > professional camera system. > > Guys, this is a modern Auto110. It's made for moderately versatile > convenience, and it's aimed at people who want to have fun with their > cameras. Those of us who lug around our K-whatevers every day are not > the intended market! > > Please, take a chill pill and quit acting like Pentax owes you a better > camera. They already make better cameras, and you probably already own > one of them. Pentax may very well come out with a larger mirrorless > camera this year, but I'd be willing to bet you'll find some reason to > bitch about it anyway. > > John > > P.S.: For what it's worth, I think the Q is pretty damn intriguing. As > an Auto110 fan, I like this addition to Pentax's digital lineup. > > -- > http://www.jacelio.com > > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
