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Forum: Pentax Q
04-03-2024, 07:40 PM
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His eye does not look at all lined up with that fake viewfinder attachment. Could have tried harder.
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Forum: Pentax Q
02-11-2024, 07:21 PM
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Glad to hear you can use your Q again. So it seems like a failure in the spring loaded battery ejection mechanism.
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Forum: Pentax Q
02-07-2024, 03:04 AM
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Sorry I did not post back! I could not figure out what to look for in order to take a picture of it.
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Forum: Pentax Q
01-31-2024, 05:55 PM
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Hi, can you share a pic of the state of your Q’s battery bay mechanism. Will compare with a good one for you.
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Forum: Pentax Q
01-12-2024, 02:32 AM
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Forum: Pentax Q
01-09-2024, 04:52 AM
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Interested to know why you ask this. I do find the Q camera body adds some colour changes to the final image knowing it’s mounted with an 07, vs no lens at all. So the PCB does do something.
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Forum: Pentax Q
10-09-2023, 05:53 PM
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I’m not a proper YouTuber presenter but anyone interested in seeing me do a video of a 500mm full frame sigma zoom lens with 2x teleconverter adapted onto a Q shooting the moon, I could give it a go.
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Forum: Pentax Q
10-04-2023, 11:54 PM
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The hardware parts were taken from an old MFT macro extension set, but if I was to do it again, look out for the inner bayoneted tabs to be metal too! Mine, as you can see in the photo, turned out to be black plastic 😫 which I fear are less durable.
The other end of the sandwich uses an all metal bit from Q series macro rings that should still be available if you hunt for them. Q accessories are starting to become scarce so grab them while you can. The thickest Q macro ring is a good candidate to sacrifice from the set.
The middle 3D printed part was drawn up from scratch by me as a total novice using an old Microsoft program. I’m sure you can do better!
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Forum: Pentax Q
09-26-2023, 10:22 PM
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So brave and salute you for your time spent.
What was the ring piece that broke so we can be in the lookout for it!
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Forum: Pentax Q
09-15-2023, 02:41 AM
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The 02 is the cheapest and surely the most commonly available of the Q lenses, whilst the 06 seems the most failure prone.
Good luck with that 02 dismemberment and share you findings here!!!
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Forum: Pentax Q
09-10-2023, 05:44 PM
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True, after all this time I still haven’t gotten hold of a sacrificial Q lens to try this on.
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Forum: Pentax Q
08-29-2023, 09:31 PM
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Ouch Nikon! I also was thinking of making use of working electronic shutter module from a Q lens for a DIY Pentax 110 lens adaptor for Q. You are a bit far from me though. Will follow with interest.
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Forum: Pentax Q
08-09-2023, 12:58 AM
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Why not try out a QS-1 for size? Can’t hurt being a newer model after all.
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Forum: Pentax Q
06-24-2023, 03:47 AM
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Thanks, I will keep trying on my original Q then.
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Forum: Pentax Q
06-20-2023, 08:15 PM
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Thanks @acoufap, except I can only find people who have had the AF201FG work on the more recent Q series family members: Q7 and Q-S1.
Anyone here manage to get P-TTL to work on the AF201FG with an original Q or the Q10 body?
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Forum: Pentax Q
06-19-2023, 06:58 PM
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Hi everyone,
Hope someone can help me “shed light” on this issue I’m having... I love this little flash and know it works quite fine with P-TTL on my Q-S1, but having a pig of a time to get it to work on an original Q (v1.4 firmware). Nothing triggers it other than if I set the Q body to “flash-off”, and resort to it acting only as a dumb flash. Such a waste. I want P-TTL. Similarly had no luck with a Q10 body.
Is the relatively young AF201FG not P-TTL compatible with the original Q and Q10? Both these bodies work fine with P-TTL paired with my elderly AF-360FTZ flash.
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Forum: Pentax Q
06-15-2023, 02:04 AM
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Set the flash on the camera to OFF. Weird I know…
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Forum: Pentax Q
06-04-2023, 07:35 PM
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TBH this as awful… I’d much rather the internal pop-up Q flash triggered the external one optically. Will try my Yongniu that has an optical mode function that ignores pre-flash. Sorry Pentax.
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Forum: Pentax Q
06-04-2023, 06:08 PM
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Found an official Pentax off camera flash cable and pair of adaptors. The seller gave me a good deal together with an AF-360FGZ which was in much better condition than the one I already have at hand.
A 0.5m curly cable would have suited me better, but it is nice to have the optional length I have.
Now the hard part: to convince the old Missus to model for me. Have @LeRolls sample Flash pics taken with a Q as ref.
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Forum: Pentax Q
05-29-2023, 06:18 PM
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Had been passively on the lookout for this for some time, and when it popped into my sights recently, had to pounce. The original magnesium Q with silver instead of the usual black or white finish editions. This compliments the silver lenses so well! I promise to myself this is the last Q I need to get. Anyone else here got the silver Q?
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Forum: Pentax Q
04-28-2023, 05:59 PM
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Just in case anyone here thinking to try this.
Further research, seems a Pentax AF350 (which I just picked up a well used one last week) has too low a voltage for the SYK-5 and also needs some DIY additional resistor soldering to make it handle some cameras with a gap between pre-flash and main flash any smaller than 70ms.
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/seagull-syk-5-remote-control-cube-53184
Hmm…
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Forum: Pentax Q
04-28-2023, 03:36 AM
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Hi@leRolls
Can you show us what your Q looks like with the Lux Senior mounted on it?
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Forum: Pentax Q
04-27-2023, 10:12 PM
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Forum: Pentax Q
02-13-2023, 04:08 AM
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Curious if there is any Evangelion customisation to the UI?
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Forum: Pentax Q
02-02-2023, 03:47 AM
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I wasn’t aware of the more recent Theia lenses with 12MP resolution! Super fast, but at the asking price, I’d rather stick to the Pentax 08 with AF.
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