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03-06-2016, 03:46 PM   #76
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Well this thread has cheered me up no end! Thanks for the laughs
Been tempted in the past by both the Q and the LX100 in the end I didn't go for either...
When I was looking at a compact I checked out the Q (the MX was also tempting) and was like yea thats the camera for me but couldn't find one at a price that I was willing to pay...... Then a wild Fuji X10 appeared in a 2nd hand camera store and fell in love with it, so that was that.
2 years on the LX100 is announced and I though "Oooo that would be a nice upgrade....." tried it and didn't like it! I hate power zooms! So stuck with Fuji and bought the X30, why has no one else implement a manual zoom, it feels so much better!
I'm slowly getting to my point..... I would still buy a Q now just for the fun factor given the spare funds and it's uniqueness; I have a Pentax Auto 110 it would go nice with! Where as I wouldn't buy the LX100 because I didn't like it....
Just my opinion and worth what you paid for it......

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Well this thread has cheered me up no end! Thanks for the laughs
Been tempted in the past by both the Q and the LX100 in the end I didn't go for either...
When I was looking at a compact I checked out the Q (the MX was also tempting) and was like yea thats the camera for me but couldn't find one at a price that I was willing to pay...... Then a wild Fuji X10 appeared in a 2nd hand camera store and fell in love with it, so that was that.
2 years on the LX100 is announced and I though "Oooo that would be a nice upgrade....." tried it and didn't like it! I hate power zooms! So stuck with Fuji and bought the X30, why has no one else implement a manual zoom, it feels so much better!
I'm slowly getting to my point..... I would still buy a Q now just for the fun factor given the spare funds and it's uniqueness; I have a Pentax Auto 110 it would go nice with! Where as I wouldn't buy the LX100 because I didn't like it....
Just my opinion and worth what you paid for it......

Cheers, Steve
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QuoteOriginally posted by BigMackCam Quote
Two completely different cameras offering different benefits (and compromises)... much like the OP's LX100 vs Q... apples and oranges.
with apples being almost oranges and vice versa
Hey! Pentax Q is impractical!

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03-07-2016, 06:04 AM   #79
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QuoteOriginally posted by Emacs Quote
with apples being almost oranges and vice versa
Hey! Pentax Q is impractical!
For you, it obviously is. I've yet to find much impractical about it. I'd have to be really... stupid... to use a camera I find impractical. Thank goodness I'm not

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QuoteOriginally posted by mklives Quote
Are you serious??? Come on now, put aside your subjectivity. My photo is brilliant. The other photos posted on this thread are fine, but ordinary.
Wow, conceit is alive and well!
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I believe the LX100 is a very good camera but looking at the "Let's post shots of the Q!" thread, I can't exactly say it's rubbish.
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so, as i read this, Q owners are saying there is simply and absolutely no IQ difference (resolution, clarity, contrast, noise, dynamic range, high iso) between the Q and its sensor and the lx100 and its m4/3 sensor. ok, so lets say that whether this can indeed be objectively true or whether i agree or not is not relevent. however, my curiosity is indeed peaked to know whether there is any point along the sensor spectrum--apsc, FF, medium format--where Q owners can all agree that the Q's IQ as defined above does not stand up? this is interesting to me, because as a photographer for over 30 years, and having shot pretty much every camera brand in every format, i do not see much difference between m4/3 and most (not all) apsc. and though i differ, many in the photographic community whom i respect see very little difference between some apsc and FF. so, the way the conversation here is going, that means in some peoples eyes, since the Q is the equal of m4/3, m4/3 is the equal of apsc, and apsc may be the equal of FF, the Q IQ is that bloody good! so thus my question for Q elevators: is this true, and if not, at what point beyond m4/3 does it cease being true?
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QuoteOriginally posted by rbelyell Quote
so, as i read this, Q owners are saying there is simply and absolutely no IQ difference (resolution, clarity, contrast, noise, dynamic range, high iso) between the Q and its sensor and the lx100 and its m4/3 sensor.
I wouldn't say that at all. I *would* say that they are totally different cameras with different benefits and limitations. Whether one is better than the other depends entirely on the shooting situation and the photographer's requirements / priorities...

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QuoteOriginally posted by rbelyell Quote
so, as i read this, Q owners are saying there is simply and absolutely no IQ difference (resolution, clarity, contrast, noise, dynamic range, high iso) between the Q and its sensor and the lx100 and its m4/3 sensor.
I don't think anyone said that.
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well, ive just re-read all six pages, and i respectfully disagree, a lot. that is exactly what many said, so many that it would take way too much time to physically quote them all. in fact, the OT shows just that: here was a fellow who used the Q and lx100 and had the temerity to opine that the IQ of the lx100 was superior. if you read just the first page, he was challenged factually, virtually called a troll, and generally lambasted.

i found the replies to the OP so inhospitable that i conciously chose in my post to not take issue with the Q, but to merely ask Q lovers at what point along the sensor quality curve--from tiny 1", to m4/3, to apsc, to ff to medium format--do they feel the Q IQ as i defined that term, cannot keep up. so, instead of answering that seemingly valid question, the replies choose to take issue my reading comprehension ability. i guess there is no way in six pages of back and forth to actually define what Q lovers think this camera can and cannot do vis a vis the competition. but it is clear there will be heck to pay for anyone to state their opinion that it cannot keep up with another fomat, such as the OP did when comparing it to the lx100s m4/3 sensor. ok, i understand now. much the same happens on leica forums, though in fairness, on those forums they are dealing with leica products.

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QuoteOriginally posted by rbelyell Quote
well, ive just re-read all six pages, and i respectfully disagree, a lot. that is exactly what many said, so many that it would take way too much time to physically quote them all. .
I respectfully disagree with you. OP said " I can guarantee you I wouldn't have been able to get a photo anywhere close to this quality with the Q" which is what the following 6 pages argued against. There are plenty of examples to show that not only can we get close, but better, than the provided image. No one argued that there was "no IQ difference (resolution, clarity, contrast, noise, dynamic range, high iso) between the Q and its sensor and the lx100 and its m4/3 sensor" as you said.
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QuoteOriginally posted by mklives Quote
I had the Pentax Q and standard prime for a few months. I loved the cuteness factor, the appearance, and the controls. But the image quality just wasn't there. Resolution, colour, detail, and low-light ability were all horrendous. In my opinion, now that some micro 4/3 cameras are around the same size as the Q and have a plethora of affordable AF lenses to choose from, the Pentax Q only has credibility as an astronomical tool with telescopes, etc.
I sold the Pentax Q and bought the Panasonic LX100. It's not much bigger than the Q, and neither are pocketable. I was able to get the following photo with the LX100. I can guarantee you I wouldn't have been able to get a photo anywhere close to this quality with the Q. I don't think Pentax will continue with the Q system.

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this is the OP. what you quoted was after the OP was already under attack, and i use that word after careful consideration.

people use a huge variety of different cameras for a huge variety of reasons. every one of them are valid. photography, like most art, is extremely subjective. having said that, there are some things that are objectively true. i have a fuji x10. it has a tiny sensor, but i love the results. i choose to use it at times over much 'better' cameras in my arsenal. but i know the cameras i'm leaving behind are indeed better, better in terms of IQ as that is commonly understood. i would have no problem if OP had substituted my loved x10 for the Q in his original post. why? because m4/3 has objectively better IQ than my 1" sensored x10. the fact that i love it, the fact that i make lovely images with it, are entirely irrelevent to that objective reality.

look, i'm new here. but i felt compelled to post because i saw OP being beaten up for stating what is as close to an objective reality as we have in a subjective art: a tiny sensor does not have the same IQ as a much bigger one. he did not deserve the lambasting he received and i personally dont enjoy seeing people bullied and ganged up on.

at the end of the day, the question i posed remains, and i'd love to understand Q lovers thoughts on when along the sensor format curve does the Q IQ falter in comparison? i, and OP, think its with m4/3. what do you think? if you are not arguing there is an IQ difference between the Q and m4/3, why not clarify at what point it cannot compete? why insist OP is wrong to say there are situations where the Q cannot keep up with an m4/3 sensor? sure seems the general statements and tone is exactly what you say it isnt.

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this is the OP. what you quoted was after the OP was already under attack, and i use that word after careful consideration.

people use a huge variety of different cameras for a huge variety of reasons. every one of them are valid. photography, like most art, is extremely subjective. having said that, there are some things that are objectively true. i have a fuji x10. it has a tiny sensor, but i love the results. i choose to use it at times over much 'better' cameras in my arsenal. but i know the cameras i'm leaving behind are indeed better, better in terms of IQ as that is commonly understood. i would have no problem if OP had substituted my loved x10 for the Q in his original post. why? because m4/3 has objectively better IQ than my 1" sensored x10. the fact that i love it, the fact that i make lovely images with it, are entirely irrelevent to that objective reality.

look, i'm new here. but i felt compelled to post because i saw OP being beaten up for stating what is as close to an objective reality as we have in a subjective art: a tiny sensor does not have the same IQ as a much bigger one. he did not deserve the lambasting he received.

at the end of the day, the question i posed remains, and i'd love to understand Q lovers thoughts on when along the sensor format curve does the Q IQ falter in comparison? i, and OP, think its with m4/3. what do you think?
The quote is contained in the OP that you quoted as well. He was not "under attack". It was the first post. Again, no one is arguing that the LX100 has the potential to take better images than the Q, its just that his examples doesn't show it as he stated it does and his continuous attack that the Q cannot take serious images is unfounded. That is the argument here.

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I had the Pentax Q and standard prime for a few months. I loved the cuteness factor, the appearance, and the controls. But the image quality just wasn't there. Resolution, colour, detail, and low-light ability were all horrendous. In my opinion, now that some micro 4/3 cameras are around the same size as the Q and have a plethora of affordable AF lenses to choose from, the Pentax Q only has credibility as an astronomical tool with telescopes, etc.
I sold the Pentax Q and bought the Panasonic LX100. It's not much bigger than the Q, and neither are pocketable. I was able to get the following photo with the LX100. I can guarantee you I wouldn't have been able to get a photo anywhere close to this quality with the Q. I don't think Pentax will continue with the Q system.
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thank you, i appreciate your replies. we must i think agree to disagree on the 'hospitability' of the thread to the idea that the tiny sensored Q (as well as my loved tiny sensored x10) simply cannot keep up with larger sensored offerings.
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