[JohnBee]

Just caught this over on DPR;
NorthwestF is asking if this could be one of the 9 announcements:

Alleged Pentax Q10
updated images...






PENTAX Q10 specs:

• back-illuminated CMOS sensors with12.4 million pixel
• high sensitivity noise reduction
• ISO100-6400
• Burst (JPEG) five consecutive 5 fps
• telephoto lenses and dark Faster AF speed when Face Detection AF (can recognize up to 12 people)
• Custom Image, digital filter function, Smart Effect function
• Auto Picture mode, Scene mode
• full movie HD (1920x1080), 30fps, H. 264, smart effect
• Bokekontoru feature image stabilization in the body
• features HDR
• Exposure modes P-Av-Tv-M
• DR II dust removal function of ultrasonic vibration formula
• built-in flash guide number 7
• the battery life - improvement
• body colors: black, silver, red,

Expected shipping price: 35 000 yen ($440 USD)
Due in mid-October

older images... (lower resolution)

Release Date Information about prices, images and Pentax Q10
From readers, we have to provide some information and images of Pentax Q10.

• (On-sale date) is mid-October launch of the PENTAX Q10
• Expected price is around ¥ 35 000 over-the-counter(aprox. US$440)
• Body color is silver, black, red

Q10 The arrangement of buttons and dials are not much different from the current Q, rounded body because the overall impression of a glance feel like I would be quite different.

Notable comments: Sensor rumored to be next generation back-illuminated CMOS 1/1.7.


Original source: http://digicame-info.com/2012/09/k-5-ii-k-5-iisq10.html

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Last edited by JohnBee; 09-10-2012 at 06:55 AM.

[ogl]

Small sensor again...?

[gazonk]

Hmm, I think I like the boxy design of the current Q better.

[Pablom]

[JanG]

Hmm, I think I like the boxy design of the current Q better.

Make that +1.

[Ishpuini]

These images sure look like the real thing. This is great news! Esp because of the new life this will put into the Q-system, which is a great thing for existing Q-owners/lovers (incl. myself). I'm sure new optics are bound to follow the new body, and this may mean the announced but still not materialized Pentax K-to-Q adapter may appear in the shops some day too?

BTW, I do prefer the look of the original Q too, so I'll probably not upgrade the body, but just invest in the lenses.

Hope Pentax doesn't announce too many goodies on the DSLR front (APS-C) to leave me some budget to invest in my Q...

Wim

[Docrwm]

Pentax -the color company.

[rawr]

Would the Sony RX100 sensor fit in the Q?

[Ishpuini]

Just held my Q next to the images, and if they are the real thing, that means the sensor will be the same size exactly.

Wim

[Asahiflex]

I hope it does at least one thing better than my own Q: a much shorter start-up time. My Q takes several seconds to start up, determining the remaining number of shots before I'm able to shoot it. Not very useful!

[davidsladek]

.. and agreed to others, the first Q is more appealing IMO.

[Mistral75]

Would the Sony RX100 sensor fit in the Q?

Barely.



(picture © RiceHigh)

[JohnBee]

.. and agreed to others, the first Q is more appealing IMO.

Built-in flash may be fine.
It does have a hot shoe on the other hand which I think is very nice.

[Asahiflex]

The Q10 does have a gap below the flash just like the Q, so the built-in flash should be present.

[Ishpuini]

Built-in flash may be fine.
It does have a hot shoe on the other hand which I think is very nice.

Same as the original Q, which BTW has a flash that pops up. There is no indication (from the images at least) that the new Q won't have the same pop-up mechanism.

Wim