Just to add, a used Q is an even better deal. It's a fun camera and I think Pentax really nailed the ergonomics on this one for such a small body. The biggest problem with it was the initial $800 price tag.
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > I have both a Q and and E-PM1. No question that the noise is better > with the larger sensor, especially at higher iso. OTOH, the Q does > remarkably well for a 1/2.3 sensor, and I enjoyed using the Q very > much while street shooting in Philly. > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you, Steve, Bruce and Darren for the recommendations! >> I passed these suggestions to my friend. He is thinking now. >> >> I suspect that the major advantage of 4/3 system >> compared to Pentax-Q is a larger variety of lenses available. >> However, I didn't do a thorough comparison, - so I might be wrong here. >> >> Igor >> >> >>> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:55:47 -0400 (EDT) >>> From: Igor Roshchin >>> Subject: OT - can you recommend a good digital "rangefinder"? >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi All: >>> >>> A very good friend of mine asked for an [urgent] advice on photo >>> cameras. A portion of that includes a recommendation for >>> non-SLR (aka mirrorless) digital cameras with changeable lenses for >>> an enthusiast at early stages. >>> >>> The camera is to be small (mobile, take-anywhere), easy to use in both >>> automatic and semi-automatic/manual modes, able to handle reasonably >>> low light, and not to have long shutter lag. Most frequent use: >>> shooting while travelling (landscapes, urban views), >>> shooting people/friends non-very-intrusively. >>> >>> It would be a step-up alternative to something like Lumix LX-7 or >>> Samsung ex2f that allows interchangeable lenses (for growing needs). >>> >>> >>> The question is not about fancy Leica cameras or X100, or rather, >>> it is about mid-level cameras (with a budget of within $1K or less for >>> the body and one-two lenses). >>> >>> I haven't been following this segment of the market as closely. >>> I think that some of the Panasonic/Olympus/..? micro-4/3 cameras fall >>> into this category, Nikon 1, etc. >>> I am not sure if K-01 or Q10 would be reasonable here, - they seem to >>> me too much of a "specialty", and not as "mainstream" cameras... >>> >>> I'd appreciate if you can mention a few models that you'd recommend. >>> If you can point out the strong points of the model, - that would >>> also be great. >>> >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Igor >>> >> >> -- >> 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 -- 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.
