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06-03-2011, 02:43 AM   #661
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QuoteOriginally posted by Mistral75 Quote
Pentax Q, expected to be announced in August 2011
Ah, so now it's coming together.
Not a K-mount?
New lens line up.
It's looking like another good niche market for Pentax.

06-03-2011, 07:03 AM   #662
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QuoteOriginally posted by Mistral75 Quote
Latest rumour:

Pentax Q, expected to be announced in August 2011. Those are the specs:

- 12MP backlit sensor
- HD movie recording (720p)
- RAW capabilities
- Available in two colours: black and white
- Very small and compact in size
- Price around €700
- Several lenses will be announced including a fish-eye lens
12 MP BSI sensors are only for P&S cameras...
€700 - ha-ha...It's more expensive than K-r...

If Pentax launches EVIL with small sensor outside Japan, I think it will fail.
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QuoteOriginally posted by ogl Quote
12 MP BSI sensors are only for P&S cameras...
€700 - ha-ha...It's more expensive than K-r...

If Pentax launches EVIL with small sensor outside Japan, I think it will fail.
it does seem that way. it doesn't seem to make any sense unless Pentax increases the resolution. maybe a 20-24 MP would be worth the €700 pricetag.
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QuoteOriginally posted by ogl Quote
12 MP BSI sensors are only for P&S cameras...
(...)
Pentax Q could be the same camera as the so-called NC-1. "Q" would be the commercial name and "NC-1" the project code name. In this case the 1/2,33" sensor would be backlit (but former rumours said 14 Mpixels and not 12).

OR

Pentax Q could have an APS-C sensor, in which case the latter wouldn't be backlit. It would simply derive from the Sony Exmor sensor used in Pentax K-x and K-r, Leica X1, Fuji X100 and many more cameras.

OR

Pentax Q could benefit from a new 12 Mpixel backlit sensor, neither 1/2,33", nor APS-C, but somewhere in-between. In this case, why not the rumoured 2,5 crop factor sensor of the mirrorless camera Nikon is supposed to launch this year?

Just speculating... after all it's Friday

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Just speculating... after all it's Friday
and the stockmarkets are closed now
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Yes, it is Friday, the stock market are closed and Pentax is still rummored to be coming out with two new cameras later this year.

Anyhow, my guess is that there is some sort of mixing up of specs and rummors between the two cameras. We all know how tight the leaks are with Pentax now days.

Here is my guess:
1. one camera with a 12MP Backlit 1/2.33 sesnor using a new Q mount.
2. One camera with a 1.5 crop APS-C sensor wit some sort of K-mount.

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1. one camera with a 12MP Backlit 1/2.33 sesnor using a new Q mount.
Where Q == C?

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Where Q == C?
If Pentax releases a GH-2 style camera that can still use K-mount glass, will people be interested?
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Be there with bells on if I can use the DA limiteds on a compact APS-C camera. Better still if weathersealed/alloy body Rangefinder type design.
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Much as most people on this forum would wish for K-mount compatibility, and leaving aside any technical considerations, my guess is that Pentax have no plans to encourage lenses to be swapped between different segments.
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Be there with bells on if I can use the DA limiteds on a compact APS-C camera
While this is a great idea in principle, I think it would turn off a lot of keen EVIL camera users, as it has a different target audience - the lenses would turn out more expensive than the camera itself.
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Much as most people on this forum would wish for K-mount compatibility, and leaving aside any technical considerations, my guess is that Pentax have no plans to encourage lenses to be swapped between different segments.
Pentax did move from the m42-mount to K-mount and retained compability with an adapter. They could (and should) do the same as mirrorless is the future.

If K-mount were to be used in a mirrorless system:
  • The camera body would be thicker as the flange focal distance of K-mount is a couple of centimeters more than it would be for mirrorless
  • The advantage of smaller (and higher quality) wide- and normal-lenses would be lost
  • The current in-lens motors would be semi-useless for contrast detect autofocus - not sure if the regular lenses could handle a stronger in-camer AF-motor either
  • If mirrorless is to be APS-C only, K-mount would be oversized
On the other hand if K-mount compability were thrown away:
  • Severe lack of lenses on a market with competition being there first
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On the other hand if K-mount compability were thrown away:
  • Severe lack of lenses on a market with competition being there first
But users would be forced to buy new lenses so money goes Pentax. I doubt though that most people would use that many old lenses.
Standard zooms and a couple small primes would benefit greatly from mirrorless, long teles would be recovered from K mount though.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Aku Ankka Quote
Pentax did move from the m42-mount to K-mount and retained compability with an adapter. They could (and should) do the same as mirrorless is the future.

If K-mount were to be used in a mirrorless system:
  • The camera body would be thicker as the flange focal distance of K-mount is a couple of centimeters more than it would be for mirrorless
  • The advantage of smaller (and higher quality) wide- and normal-lenses would be lost
  • The current in-lens motors would be semi-useless for contrast detect autofocus - not sure if the regular lenses could handle a stronger in-camer AF-motor either
  • If mirrorless is to be APS-C only, K-mount would be oversized
On the other hand if K-mount compability were thrown away:
  • Severe lack of lenses on a market with competition being there first
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But users would be forced to buy new lenses so money goes Pentax. I doubt though that most people would use that many old lenses.
Standard zooms and a couple small primes would benefit greatly from mirrorless, long teles would be recovered from K mount though.
IMO keeping the K-mount would be a brilliant move, the size of a system is determined by a body + the lens on it. I feel the Sony NEXT very nice, but clunky with lens on it.

Keeping the K-mount while removing the mirror, would allow the lens to recede in behind the mount. A great advantage for designing wide angles (and the reason why Leica have such mythical wide angles)

24mm non-retrofocus anyone? 50mm collapsible Elmar on a digital FF?

Of course that would mean adding a little knob to prevent mounting those lenses on a classic SLR k-mount design.

The current thickness of D-SLR bodies is due to sensor thickness + stabilization/mounting of it + the viewing screen. There is a great potential of miniaturization for each of them especially the screen where it is driven by the cell-phone industry.

IMO keeping the K-mount would be a very good move in the long term, unless we come up with an absolutely revolutionary way of designing lenses, they will keep being the determining factor in the size of a system.
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Someone needs to build a serious mirror-less camera with high quality fast glass. Sony is rumored to have the NEX-7 and Olympus is rumored to be coming out with a Pro-M/4/3. Fuji seems to have the best idea of the group so far. Fuji can't keep up with demand for the X100.

The EP-3 might be interesting, but Olympus needs to come out with some SHG primes for M4/3.
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