Yep, well I've been convinced that this is not an interchangable lens camera (and that it is the same sensor size as the Q), which means that they used some of their Q knowledge to make it. I guess it confuses me that they make the Q and K-01 interchangeable lens but no viewfinder, and then make this camera (which clearly has some kind of viewfinder in addition to live view), but make it non-interchangeable lens. Guess that also mean that they could leave out the expensive dust removal system. Still has Shake Reduction (SR). Presumably it has Focus Peaking (something I wish they would add to the Q firmware).
I really don't know why they would engineer a 4-105mm for a Q-sized sensor and then not offer it in a Q-mount (assuming the flange to sensor distance of the Q is the same as the X-5, which may be a wrong assumption). Another thing that would be a handy firmware introduction (for all Pentax AF cameras) would be a button that could be programmed to focus any AF lens to hyperfocal distance and then read out the min/max distances on the LCD. If nothing else, this gives me greater hope that Q development is alive and well (not abandoned). The more megapixels you put on that size of a sensor the more sensitive it is going to be to CA. You either have to deal with that in post (for RAW) or maybe Pentax is working on a way to correct for it in-camera like they have for the noise issue of the smaller sensor. Not smoking anything. Just high on Pentax Life, friends! : ) -- 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.
