Congrats on getting the Q - it is a ton of fun and kicks out pretty
decent images as well.
I bought a used Q Kit that had the standard prime, standard zoom,
fisheye and toy telephoto. I added a K to Q converter right off the bat.
The 5-15mm zoom has been my most used lens with the standard prime close
behind. Both of those lenses just feel great and perform very well. For
the type of shooting that I use the Q for the standard zoom is perfect.
I was captivated by the fisheye but had iffy results manually focusing
with it. When focused propertly (and I kept my fingers out of the field
of view) it was great. I installed the new firmware a few weeks ago and
focus peaking is a huge boon to me wrt to using this lens. I expect I'll
use it a lot in the future and my problems focusing it will be greatly
diminished.
The lens that has seen virtually no use is the toy telephoto. I've tried
it a few times and it works well. IMO it really should not be called a
"toy" lens as that invokes lomography / holga etc (at least to me) and
it is a straightforward good performing lens. It just lacks aperture
control and autofocus and is not as nicely constructed as the standard
lenses.
The K to Q adapter is an excellent tool. I've been playing around with
an M 50 f1.7 as my working telephoto, and with the updated firmware and
image stabilization and focus peaking it works fine. The M 50 / adapter
/ Q is not at all awkward to me.
I did several test shots with the Q and A* 200 f4 macro, D-FA 100mm and
other K mount lenses. It worked well and is not terribly difficult to
use. For macro the Q's DOF is great. My tests are here:
http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/testing-the-pentax-q-and-k-mount-lenses
I am eagerly awaiting using K mount macro prime with focus peaking -
just haven't gotten out to do any work with it. I'll be adding the
telephoto zoom to my kit soon as well, since with the normal zoom it
would be a great travel kit.
I will also probably opt for the Pentax K to Q adapter with built in
leaf shutter to be able to better use flash.
Have fun!
Mark
On 11/21/2012 3:18 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
G'day all
Well the Q arrived in the post today - looks like it should be a lot
of fun.
Anyway - it came with the standard prime and I'm really going to need
other lenses.
On the wide end, there doesn't seem to be any alternative to the
standard 5-15 mm zoom but for telephoto I'm torn between the upcoming
long zoom and using K mount lenses via a Q to K adapter. The lack of
autofocus with the latter option is a concern, my eyesight not being
what it was.
I'm certainly interested to any experiences that Q owners might care
to share.
As an aside, at it's current price point it seems to be selling like
hot cakes - at least in Japan:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-94TvMGX7sRE/UKdGixfs8uI/AAAAAAAAAY8/66wdWCyU2bM/s1600/BCNQ1113.jpg
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