This will frustrate some, but the price tag is a real hurdle for the Q. A less well built one, i.e., polycarbonate, might bring it into a range where it can compete with the the other high end compacts like the Canon G12. Of course, they could simply stick that zoom on it permanently and sell that version. I'd hate to see it just go away. OTOH, the Optio I -10 was something like this, and that didn't sell for $300. At $125 clearance prices I think it was one of the best P&S cameras Pentax ever made.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 7:36 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > Based on your comments it would seem that Pentax took everyone at their > word when they said that they wanted a > digital Pentax 110 system, (a really small body, and and 5 or 6 lenses > including a wide angle, a telephoto, a normal, and a telephoto). Except for > the fact that the wide in this case is a fisheye, and the 110 had a moderate > wide angle, the Q systems pretty much replicates the 110 system as it was > originally released. I expect that if the Q is successful enough Pentax > planned to release a higher quality wide and telephoto, but I doubt that it > will be successful enough based on the /buzz/ it's getting. > > > On 1/8/2012 7:53 AM, AlunFoto wrote: >> >> My camera pusher lent me a Pentax Q for a couple of days. >> Some resulting textual and pictural gabble can be found here: >> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/01/q-inspection.html >> >> :-) >> >> Jostein >> > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
