Q is my only camera from Pentax

2old4toys · 10-13-2020, 07:20 PM

My collection of Q series of cameras are the only ones I have from the Pentax world because of it's unique diminutive physical properties that no other camera system even comes close.

Anyone else here with only the Q series?

Tempted by the Astro GPS star tracking sensor shift of the bigger Pentax offerings though I must admit. Nobody else does that far as I know.

womble · 10-14-2020, 02:49 AM

I'm quite the opposite. I've used Pentax SLRs since the early 1980s, and only recently got a Q (largely because I've taken-up cycling and it is great to be able to take a whole selection of stuff with me easily).

Unregistered User · 10-14-2020, 06:41 AM

I've got a couple of other Pentax bodies but since I’ve gotten my Qs I hardly use them.

reh321 · 10-14-2020, 07:44 AM

Originally posted by Cipher

I've got a couple of other Pentax bodies but since I’ve gotten my Qs I hardly use them.

I am just the opposite - my Q-7 was my first digital Pentax camera, but each time I gotten one, I have used the Q-7 less and less.
For me, its not having a viewfinder makes it less and less convenient.

2old4toys · 10-30-2020, 04:11 AM

Oops, outdated info. I now have an MX-1😅

**Tony Belding** · 11-01-2020, 05:21 PM

I have a couple of old Pentax cameras packed away somewhere in the back of some closet, but the Q7 is the only one I still actually use.

n3eg · 11-04-2020, 06:48 PM

I have a Q10 - it's the only digital Pentax I'll ever have unless they decide to do mirrorless FF (yeah, right, like that's gonna happen!)

**barondla** · 11-05-2020, 08:27 AM - **1 Like**

I'm the opposite. Besides Q & Q7 also have APS-c, FF, and medium format Pentax digital and 35mm plus 6X7 film cameras.

Even in film days I shot multiple formats. One of the things I love most about pentax digital is the same menu system across all the systems.

Thanks,
barondla

**kwb** · 11-09-2020, 04:15 PM - **1 Like**

For a long time I've been a happy camper with Q7 and lenses without other Pentax.

At some point I was shooting everything with Q7, and lack of real bulb mode was getting in my way under some situation esp. some (but not all) astro. Eventually I bought KP as the sub camera for Q7

but surprisingly it's getting somewhat more use now than Q7. Out of 10 most recent photos of mine on Flickr, there are 4 Q7 shots, 5 KP and one cell phone.

k_kwb | Flickr

surfar · 11-10-2020, 12:49 PM

IF,i could only own one system,it would definitely be Pentax Q.

It may end up that way but its a long way off.

10-13-2020, 07:20 PM	#1
2old4toys Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 391	Q is my only camera from Pentax My collection of Q series of cameras are the only ones I have from the Pentax world because of it's unique diminutive physical properties that no other camera system even comes close. Anyone else here with only the Q series? Tempted by the Astro GPS star tracking sensor shift of the bigger Pentax offerings though I must admit. Nobody else does that far as I know.

11-05-2020, 08:27 AM - 1 Like	#8
barondla Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: midwest, United States Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,714	I'm the opposite. Besides Q & Q7 also have APS-c, FF, and medium format Pentax digital and 35mm plus 6X7 film cameras. Even in film days I shot multiple formats. One of the things I love most about pentax digital is the same menu system across all the systems. Thanks, barondla Last edited by barondla; 11-05-2020 at 10:05 AM. Reason: clarity

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10-14-2020, 02:49 AM	#2
womble Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hertfordshire Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,324	I'm quite the opposite. I've used Pentax SLRs since the early 1980s, and only recently got a Q (largely because I've taken-up cycling and it is great to be able to take a whole selection of stuff with me easily).

10-14-2020, 06:41 AM	#3
Unregistered User Guest	I've got a couple of other Pentax bodies but since I’ve gotten my Qs I hardly use them.

10-14-2020, 07:44 AM	#4
reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,179	Originally posted by Cipher I've got a couple of other Pentax bodies but since I’ve gotten my Qs I hardly use them. I am just the opposite - my Q-7 was my first digital Pentax camera, but each time I gotten one, I have used the Q-7 less and less. For me, its not having a viewfinder makes it less and less convenient.

10-30-2020, 04:11 AM	#5
2old4toys Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 391 Original Poster	Oops, outdated info. I now have an MX-1😅

11-01-2020, 05:21 PM	#6
Tony Belding Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Hamilton, Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 779	I have a couple of old Pentax cameras packed away somewhere in the back of some closet, but the Q7 is the only one I still actually use.

11-04-2020, 06:48 PM	#7
n3eg New Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Somewhere west of where you are Posts: 22	I have a Q10 - it's the only digital Pentax I'll ever have unless they decide to do mirrorless FF (yeah, right, like that's gonna happen!)

11-09-2020, 04:15 PM - 1 Like	#9
kwb Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Pacific North West Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,223	For a long time I've been a happy camper with Q7 and lenses without other Pentax. At some point I was shooting everything with Q7, and lack of real bulb mode was getting in my way under some situation esp. some (but not all) astro. Eventually I bought KP as the sub camera for Q7 but surprisingly it's getting somewhat more use now than Q7. Out of 10 most recent photos of mine on Flickr, there are 4 Q7 shots, 5 KP and one cell phone. k_kwb \| Flickr

11-10-2020, 12:49 PM	#10
surfar Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: mid nth coast,nsw Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,141	IF,i could only own one system,it would definitely be Pentax Q. It may end up that way but its a long way off.