On 24/06/2011 8:21 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
After looking @ the camera and lenses, I am not impressed. Probably the same
opinion as many others have ...
1. "Toy" lenses are a joke. And in this economy the luxury of such
a gimmick is not a wise marketing approach. Let the 3rd-party
lens makers waste their money on mediocrity.
The American economy is imploding, but there are a lot of economies that
are being well managed, and are doing quite well, than you.
2. The price is too high for a camera almost as large as the small DSLR.
Of course it doesn't have the large hand grip, but the lens protrusion
makes it too big for a coat pocket or purse.
The price is unknown. We won't know the price until it is actually for sale.
3. The small sensor is silly. Use a larger one, use current lenses, and add
a pop-out mount for proper focusing. Perhaps like the Rollei 35.
Sensor size matters not at all to this camera's target market. What
matters is cute and megapixels. The Q has both. I expect it will also
have decent enough image quality to satisfy it's target market.
4. That flash arm is going to break really fast. Customers will hate
Pentax for that one. (Maybe they should put "Hoya" on it instead?)
That remains to be seen. If it pops up and then self retracts, it should
do OK, providing the mechanism itself is reliable.
(I also wouldn't be surprised if the K5 is the end of the road
for the KAF mount.)
They have a few cameras to go before that happens. The rep that I talk
to seems to think we'll see another K-mount camera (K5 replacement) next
year.
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