On Sep 28, 2011, at 10:13 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Read the review, the camera looks to be better than I had thought, but then I > hadn't thought too much about it.
I would be very interested to see comparisons between pictures from the Q, and pictures from some of Pentax's early APS DSLRs. I expect that in 3-5 years, the Q-format will be capable of photos on par with at least the K-7, if not the K-x or even the K-5. By the time that they have a sensor that'll appeal to the fussier photographers, they'll have a lens selection that will appeal to those photographers as well. They'll also have a low end kit, selling for under $500. In the mean time, by starting with a higher price, they get a lot more profit from each camera. If at $800 they make $200 profit on each camera, at $700 they'd only make half the profit. Likewise, Pentax has a lot of teething problem issues with new technology, keeping the price high means fewer people to complain while they work the bugs out, and fewer things they may need to repair. Remember that people were complaining about the price of the K-5 when it came out, and several people on the list just picked them up at $1100. When Pentax came out with the 110, I wonder how many 35mm or 645 folks complained that there'd be no market because of the image quality. > > On 9/28/2011 11:35 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> Huff's unbridled enthusiasm for the Q almost has me reaching for the plastic >> ... >> >> http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2011/09/27/the-pentax-q-digital-camera-review-a-pocket-full-of-pixels/ >> >> >> What I will do is go and fondle one. I owe myself that at least. >> >> -bmw >> > > > -- > Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a > lengthily search. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
