Originally posted by Lowell Goudge My Q replaced a very capable Kodak bridge camera that had an eye level electronic view finder. Although the resolution was not great and lack of interchangeable lenses and all the other things that made the Q a better camera, overall the Kodak camera was a great little camera because of the Electronic view finder. I had mine set up so the check image appeared in the viewfinder, today's EVF are much better than what Kodak had in 2005, and this plus a revamped sensor, and at least one lens in the 100mm range (500mm full frame equivelent) whether zoom or fixed would be great. Presently I am using CCTV lenses for extra reach, or my K135/2.5 because I get the 1/1000 mechanical shutter of the Pentax K/Q adaptor
I had a nice little bridge camera, I think it was a Sony, that I gave away after I picked up my Q. Nice little camera but the flexibility of the Q was more useful for me and I quit using the Sony all together.
I picked up the K/Q adaptor as well and I used some pretty long glass in the beginning. Now I am using my FA 135/2.8 or my DA 100 Macro but not much else. Those two give me plenty of reach for what I do and I can still pretend that I can handhold them in good light. (Handholding with those two lenses usually turns out ok if I don't try and print too big; but I get a lot of failures as well.)
Lately I have my original Q set to monochrome with the yellow filter and a 1:1 aspect ratio. Its' a novelty for sure but I am having fun with it. Trying to get better at composing with the wide angle zoom but I still need a whole lot of practice.