Digicaminfo reports that Pentax will soon announce the new Q7. Unlike the predecessors the Q7 will feature a larger 1/1.7 inch sensor.
There is no other info yet about the exact release date and specs. But apparently all current Q lenses can cover the larger image circle of the Q7.
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They can certainly fit in even a larger sensor.
Why not go to Q1 directly instead of competing with phone cams? 🙂
The 8.5mm prime lens should be a 39mm eq. lens with the 1/1.7 inch sensor, let’s hope it won’t have too much vigneting.
Not my cup of tea, but Q cameras are beautiful.
The G6 is my number one choice but I really started to love those very small Q cameras. Bring it Pentax Q7! Could you be the one?
Sounds bogus to me! They already have 6 lenses for the system, unless they designed them for that sensor size from the start (doubtful given the FLs) it seems like this is completely made up. The 1/2.3″ is already a pretty decent sensor in the compact enthusiast segment and their AF the fastest, there is no big need to change other than the chest beating that goes on about sensor size of course… But I don’t think a 1/1.7″ is going to change that.
Would be cool though for the changes in FLs. Also what is the ranking of this rumour?
Pentax is bold. She dares to invest any products that may be fruitless. Pentax Q sell well in Japan but seems no impact to any place else. I just don’t understand that why she did not use the larger 1/1.7″ sensor initially. At least it is close to 2/3″ sensor and may give a reason to the videographers keep one for some creative video works.
finally another system camera with a larger sensor. Q10 is pure doo doo and nikon 1 reminds me of http://www.fisher-price.com/en_US/brands/kidtough/index.html
will definitely consider but i love the rx100 so far and fuji’s 2/3″ sensor cameras are nice
So the Q finally gets a “wide zoom” by increasing the sensorsize. Quite hard to believe.
Incessant troll needs to grow up
Going from 1/2.3″ to 1/1.7″ seems a futile attempt at saving a stillborn idea.
“But apparently all current Q lenses can cover the larger image circle of the Q7.”
That would be strange. Unless they use the Panasonic’s trick from LX7 – multi-aspect-ratio crops from 1/1.7″ (which is not a bad idea at all).
The LX7 still uses a 1/1,8″ sized-circle of its 1/1,7″ sensor.