Originally posted by lytrytyr Most people take photographs with their phone, and are not likely to spend $$$ on a camera anymore.
If you understand what they are missing, you will understand the difference between the kit lens and the 08 on a Q.
My phone doesn't give me full manual control or the PASM equivalent... or the ability to change lens outside of clipping on a little subpar glass piece over the existing lens, can be cumbersome. In some situations your phone (which now days carries all your contacts, logins, social media accounts, pics you might not want to share, two factor authentication apps, etc) is probably better left in your pocket.
In lieu of the the not-yet-released macro lens (09?), I wonder what insanity my Tamron SP 90/2.8 1:1 lifesize macro would give me (being lifesize, and 504mm equivalent) If the local Meijer garden has the butterfly exhibition this year, that could be interesting, assuming shake reduction can handle it if I got a high enough shutter speed.
I would not mind seeing a new Q, maybe another sensor bump depending on how much coverage the existing Q lens can give. But in the mean time as the prices drop on them, especially used ones I'll be keeping my eye peeled for probably a Q-S1 next. (lens I tend to buy new, bodies, I tend to buy used).