| Latest Review Posted | Pentax Q
I bought mine brand new for a leisurely £59.00 new, but without the kit lens.
I love the size because it gives me no excuse not to always have it with me. So going to work and coming home allows me to plan different routes just to take in new scenery and take pictures.
The camera instills usability and is very customisable via its simple menu and easy navigation system. I find i change it alot but its fast even when you mess up and reset it.
Right now i'm using D-mount and C-mount lens, with PQ-mount-Nikon lens arriving soon i'll be able to mount some nice primes from Nikon and M42 primes/zooms via an m42-nikon adapter too.
The screen terrible in bright sunny areas and you will find turning the LCD up to +7 the only viable option. This in turn along with all that processing going on drain the batteries like crazy. I got three minimum.
Its good with Jpegs so i just leave it there and shoot mostly manually unless i want to get a shot quick then Av mode.
WB in auto only goes down to 4000 kelvin so its bad to use auto in tungsten lighting cause the cast will come over too warm. I notice auto iso shoots very high iso, but manually you don't get to go so high. Meaning there's some pentax NR and other techie stuff going on, that you could not do manually.
I get allsorts of people checking it out, so its a cool camera even for kids to own and grow photography on.
Better quality exist but not with the fun that goes with owning the Q :p. |
