Originally posted by ogl Good marketing work, but this won't help...
Pentax Q is just gimmick. I think it will have not bad sale in Japan. For some time. And it's all. No any chances to compete with high-end compact cameras or with m4/3. It's new niche of P&S camera with interchangeable lenses. Rather odd and rather marginal.
I have no any interest to such products, because of small sensor, IQ and dust problems. It could be not bad product in other aspects, but it's three year late. IMO.
Pentax Q is no more gimmick than m43 system or NEX system that promises to be compact are really not
compact. With m43 the IQ is similar to Q system and it is not pocket-able (with more than 90% of its lenses).
With Q one has truly compact system with interchangeable lenses. Among all these mirrorless system Q is least gimmicky.
IQ of Q looks to be on par with m43 system's IQ, thanks to BL sensors of Sony.
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