Originally posted by Alizarine For me, I don't think the Q is a failure, for me it's a success - it is the compacts that are the dying breed, as phonecam IQ grows exponentially by the years.
all its successor has to be is be more P&S-shooter friendly, and have a better kit lens with a bigger range equivalent
Thats what I do not want to see and hope pentax does not go that route and just give the next Q the necessary upgrades it needs. So far its pretty obvious the route pentax went, it was released with a standard fast prime with a super huge leica quality OVF. It was def aimed at the professional market of people who wanted a pocket camera, they dont care about super zooms or super autofocus they want quality primes. At first people were saying it was a digital 110, which it obviously wasn't, its a miniature digital M camera. Everything I think pentax had expected and hoped for with this camera has yet to be realized by the consumers. It's a pocket digital SLR thats reflects the use and class that the M series had, it was never meant to be a beginners camera, they understand that its a super niche product, and it's niche is for people who want that nostalgic quality M feel in pocket form, and theres nothing more fun than running around with a mini pentax mx that can take quality photographs. And as a side note, when I'm wandering SF shooting it's the hassey and leica guys who always want to play with my Q not the canikons, this camera was aimed at people who have a class and soul in there photography... A perfect sidekick to a Pentax MX/LX, Olympus OMD, or Leica M6...