The image on top is from Quesabesde (Click here) which wrote a full Pentax Q test. But here are plenty of more reviews and hands- on at BJPonline, Photography Blog, DPhotographer UK, Amateur Photographer and WhatDigitalCamera.
That little tiny camera is already a hotseller in Japan (See BCNranking) but I cannot imagine that camera to sell well in “western” countries. Anyway, this is up to you. My job here is to give you all latest reviews 😉
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The Q seems to have dropped to spot 47 in BCNranking already. I don’t think this bodes well for the system. Seems even in Japan only a tiny minority of “buy every camera put into the market” fanatics wants this novelty gadget.
maybe just to have a tiny camera always in my city bag? :/
How better is it from P&S croud?
i think it would make more sense if the price was around Canon G12 and the Nikon P7100
It should technically NOT be better than high end P&S cameras. The body seems like it’s smaller and more compact. However, with a lens attached, it becomes thicker overall than P&S cameras. With the price of a Q you can buy 2 high end P&S cameras.
And those high-end compacts will have a bigger sensor and a fast zoom lens out of the box. And they will be smaller with the lens collapsed. The Q doesn’t make any sense.
I’m seeing zero benefits over the canon S95/S100. The Q has a smaller sensor and the lenses aren’t really any faster. And as mentioned by babbit, it’s always going to be thicker as the lens doesn’t retract into the body.
The only possible benefit over a high end point and shoot that I can see is to have some sharper prime lenses. But in that case, I’d just get an E-PL1 with a much larger sensor.
This camera should be called Pentax QQ
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