No interest in X-5 myself. My walkabout camera is an Olympus E-PL1 that I picked up body only used for $95. A new Olympus 15mm f/8 body-cap lens was $50, and I already had the Ricoh GV-2 finder for the Ricoh GXR with A12 28mm camera unit.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3748/9859745064_0ae3102f26_o.jpg The whole deal weighs 14 oz as you see it there, and is big enough to hold steadily. The lens is a fixed aperture 15mm f/8 triplet. It focuses from infinity to .3m at the close limit with a little lever, is click-stopped at the hyper-focal distance for snap-shooting. When you slide the lever to the red mark, it's covered and protected. Light, handy, in body image stabilization ... the body takes an EVF if you want to as well, and the lens mount is completely compatible with the entire range of Micro-FourThirds lenses and other accessories. Image quality is not bad for a cheap triplet lens ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/9859734955/lightbox Of course, if I want more quality, similar size and a wee bit more weight, an Olympus 17mm f/2.8 lens and a 35mm optical viewfinder does an even better job on the same body. G On Sep 21, 2013, at 10:01 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > Sort of narrowing down my choices for my main camera system. > > But been looking at having a little fixed lens camera for travel > situations (like Disneyland where you don't want to lug around a big camera). > > The Pentax X-5 seems a lot of value for a little camera. Does have a > smaller sensor, but supposed to take good pics. If I my back-up camera is > Pentax, I can get in the PUG now and then too. Heh. > > Anyway, anyone have one? Like it? > > The Pentax Q might be an option too, although I have my doubts (yes, know > it takes interchangeable lenses), but has the X-5 is a little cheaper. > Heck, it's downright cheap. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
