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Forum: Pentax Q
08-26-2015, 12:57 PM
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I don't think Nikon has given up on it. However, I've noticed that the regular stores that carry it have put Nikon 1 models on clearance and are not carrying new ones (and the clearance models do not sell out, though I'm sure they would if they marked them down more). I don't know that means the format is failing, but it's not a runaway success either. Of coure, M 4/3 cameras are not even sold at most of these stores.
 Quote: You may be right in terms of image quality, but aren't you forgetting that smaller sensors mean [more] DOF? (again, that doesn't bother me so much in case of the Q) I agree that this will play an important factor as far as more serious photographers are concerned (especially for certain kinds of shots, for example, portraits). The people who are satisfied with small sensors will probably be more and more satisfied with cell phone cameras.
Of course, my Q7 still blows cell phone cameras away as far as picture quality is concerned even though some of the cell phone cameras have more megapixels. People who know what they're doing will always want bigger sensors for certain occasions where quality is more important, so I think price will always be a big factor. It's just as possible that the in-between models will end up being squeezed out by the cell phone cameras at the one end for ultimate portability and APS-C or full-frame cameras at the other end for ultimate image quality (including depth of field effects). It depends on what compromises people find appealing.
For the moment, my Q is an interesting compromise, and I bring it with me sometimes when I would have left my APS-C cameras at home.
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Forum: Pentax Q
08-05-2015, 01:24 PM
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I can appreciate the desire for such a system, but that wouldn't be a Q system anymore. It would be something entirely new (though I suppose you could create such a system to use Q lenses in a crop mode, as certain lenses already are cropped on the Q7 and later).
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