Quoting Bruce Walker <[email protected]>:
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Brian Walters
<[email protected]> wrote:
Quoting Mark C <[email protected]>:
it is an appealing camera if you are looking for a point and shoot
that is pocketable.
I recently went shopping for a quality compact camera, mainly for use by my
wife during an upcoming trip, but I wanted something that I would be happy
with as well. I looked at the MX-1 when it was announced but lack of a
hotshoe killed it for me.
I'm curious, Brian: what would you put in the hotshoe if it had had one?
'Cause I'm thinking:
- Pentax flash? Too ungainly.
- flash trigger? This pocketable P&S is hardly useful in a studio.
- accessory viewfinder? Pentax doesn't make one; would have to be an
adapted kludge.
A Pentax flash - it might be ungainly but I wouldn't need it often. I
just want something more powerful than the built-in flash when I need
it. I also have a couple of older Pentax flashguns that are compact
that might be useable.
An accessory viewfinder would be nice but it would probably be
unaffordable if the one for the Lumix LX-5 is any guide.
It seems that Pentax is leaving out features that I'd like in a number
of its recent models. The lack of a wired remote port on my Q is
really annoying. That would have been a deal killer except that I got
the camera for $200 with the prime lens.
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Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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