Digicaminfo posted the images of the new Pentax Q7 camera. As you can see there is Black, Silver and Yellow version. The new camera that will be announced on July 5 and as previously posted it has a new larger 1/1.7 type sensor (larger than the other Q models!).
This is the same sensor size of the Panasonic LX and Samsung EX series (both with fixed lens). The interesting thing is that all Q lenses are able to cover the larger sensor size. Good news for all current Q lens owners!
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This looks really nice!
… compared to the K-01.
Wow. another irrelevant camera.
Hey,
what is that small rectangular thing behind the flange? Sensor, really?=D
wow, I want one, with the fisheye lens!!!
😀
Another uninteresting small sensor camera. The future is in APS-C chips in compact size bodies. I had a Q and my X10 mopped the floor with it, including with the 8.5mm prime. Vute as a button, but rather useless camera.
What about the Evangelion color scheme?
change sensor size from 1/2.3 to 1/1.7
crop factor will change from 5.62x to 4.55x
the kit lens 02 5-15 mm will becomes 23mm – 68mm
nice range
Why didn’t they do this from the start?
Did they reduce the sensor size of the Q/Q10 on purpose in order to have a cheap way to improve the line?
Whoaho…Pentax gettin all daring on us.
Pentax Q7 will be ==released== on July 5th but announced on or around June 13th, i.e. next Thursday, together with K-50 and 07 Mount Shield Lens.
actually looks good this time 🙂
My big issue with these small sensor cameras is not the image quality, but the massive DOF you get. Even my OMD’s sensor is a bit small to get any sort of subject isolation. My XE-1 kills it on DOF, and the XE-1 has less DOF control than a full frame.
SO yes, in my view the smaller sensor is a compromise, there is no need to go with such a small sensor, and while it may perform well unless you have a f/0.3 aperature you can almost guarantee the entire scene will always be in focus.
ok ok, that is a slight exaggeration, but im sure you get my point. Why not use a lager sensor so we can have some DOF manipulation?
Between Sony, Fuji, Samsung, Panasonic, and Olympus, that’s a crowded market that I wouldn’t want to compete in.
Go for a one-inch sensor and you’re competing with Nikon, plus the lenses are substantially bigger. This lets them do something genuinely different and fun.
So that’s why.