Well, some interesting thoughts, fair enough.
But... (I'm sorry, but I rather risk being called a fanboy with pointing out another perspective because I think that negativeness is a inherent phenomenon of internet-fora)...
...now, but, to have another look at this glass on the table, you claim to be half empty, a cheap and bold analogy:
for a long time all computer freaks and nerds were trained to compare their hardware by certain numbers, be it CPU-speed, amount of RAM, HD-size etc. It made sense, as long as some programs did not run if underspecified. But technology matured and - that should be my point - led to a diversification with different products covering different needs. You got heavy load workstations, notebooks with power an portability but also netbooks and tablets/pads.
Who wants to argue, that it's completely insane to buy a pad which compromises ergonomics, processing power and costs the same or even more than a workstation? It's
good enough for what it is intended to do, I think that's the magic formula, which may be hard to accept for people which have been looking for maximum quality for years now and have researched and argued in this manner in fora like this.
Is exactly the Q the system to bring a paradigm-shift? I don't know, maybe, maybe not. I do see some potential, others find it ridiculous, well, guess we have to wait and see.
But what makes me glad is:
- Pentax shows they are thinking out of the box with some cojones
- they are keeping a quality approach e.g. with the magnesium body and lenses...
- they show creative solutions (shutter in lens, built in filters...)
Now it has to show that it is
good enough and than they would definitely get some applause from me