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Forum: Pentax Q
08-22-2015, 11:55 AM
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Yes, but there has to be enough people to care about this with this size sensor before the marketing people in manufacturers care.
There probably isn't enough people though.
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Forum: Pentax Q
08-22-2015, 03:59 AM
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Possible the closer you get to m4/3 the less it fails? Ie. The worse quality (smaller sensors) is failing the most?
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I think this is very close to what will happen in the next few years, we have a Cannon g7x and because of it's fast lens, for low light concerts, the pics are close to being as good as our Sony alpha 6000 for us and the size of it all is a lot easier to carry round.
But I still go back to my Q7 for the super wide 08 lens as it's all so tiny.
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Forum: Pentax Q
08-06-2015, 10:48 PM
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Ha! No I can't as I had brain fade and replied to a wrong post. Consider my reply totally irrelevant ;-)
J
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Well yes, but it's only partly true/useful.
It doesn't alter depth perspective like the difference between an 08 and an 06 would. I had these two lenses with me in Bruges, Belgium recently. There was a water fountain in the foreground and a gazebo in the background, I had my 08 lens on at the time. To make the gazebo more relevant (bigger) I had to put on the long zoom and then step further back to size the fountain back to the size I originally had it with the 08. The fixed 01 would have had totally the wrong perspective.
Zooming isn't always just for size.
 Park in Bruges's, Belgium. Q7 and 06 zoom by Jethro Ten, on Flickr
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Forum: Pentax Q
08-06-2015, 10:19 AM
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Your probably in a very niche area here, I'd hazard a guess that these requirements never appear in the Q development plan.
Perhaps you should look at the Nikon 1 range?
Anyhow, back to my take on the system. I'd live to see more from Pentax but fear the Q is dead :-(
J
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Forum: Pentax Q
04-14-2015, 10:22 AM
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Your expectations seem very unrealistic.
J
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Forum: Pentax Q
04-10-2015, 10:29 PM
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Ha! I'm quite sure my realistic approach had zero affect on what is happening in one niche of camera development mostly on the other side of the world from me.
It's all about money, no more, no less. Always has been always will be.
J
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Forum: Pentax Q
04-10-2015, 12:47 PM
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This seems to be the main crux of the issue.
They are only likely (understandably) to design improvements for the mass market.
J
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Forum: Pentax Q
04-10-2015, 10:10 AM
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The threads title seemed more to reflect expected realism. It's what I gave. After all look at the Q-s1 which seems like no upgrade!
Your reply seemed more like a "wish list" that almost certainly is unrealistic.
To answer the thread question properly, to me I looked at what the Q lacked compared to the competition and the likely audience that seems to be young Asians and their current desires and fashion.
It's not about optimism or pessimism.
A flip screen, for selfies seems to be a necessity now. As for the lens. Kit lenses are cheap. They have to be too make a camera competitive. Several manufacturers make more expensive and better quality kit like lenses that they sell after the camera. This was my reasoning for calling it an 09 or 10. I hope they do make that lens, I'll have one right away :-)
As for you not wanting a flip screen, I could also do without it, but I bet it's getting more serious consideration than making a waterproof Q.
So there you go, more meat on the bones of my reasoning.
So probably ignore it as I'm sure pentax will make something completely different again!
J
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Forum: Pentax Q
04-09-2015, 10:44 AM
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I'm quite sure it doesn't have to have all that or even any of that! As you've stated.
If we get a tilt high res screen and wifi I'll count it lucky. Dream on for a fast kit lens like that ;-) best you'll get that way is it will be called an 09 or 10 perhaps, at many $$$$
J
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Forum: Pentax Q
03-14-2015, 10:58 AM
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Oh yeah forgot about that one. I'm all for simple /cheap things that will give great benefit
J
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Forum: Pentax Q
03-13-2015, 08:26 AM
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A lot of these replies either will be too expensive, have too limited an audience, or make the Q go larger than a Mcdonalds 3000 calorie drink.
I've recently took apart a dropped camera for curiosity sake, and the tilt screen mechanism and sealing plastic is very thin and takes little space. My wish list I believe is more realistic and achievable.
1. tilt screen, may make the camera a bit bigger maybe, but not a lot.
2. The circle of 4 buttons round the OK button made a circular dial like the Sony Alpha A6000, makes fully manual easier.
3. If 2 is not realistic, make the focus ring an aperture ring when manual focusing is disabled, so we can still achieve both adjustments of shutter/f stop when in manual mode for only the cost of a F/W update.
4. higher res screen. Has technology not moved on enough in the several years from the original Q to allow this with minimal extra power drain?
5. wifi - as it's not used often, re power drain. Perhaps bluetooth can do a lot of the same?
6. possibly expand the sensor vibrate/ stabilisation function work like a recently announced camera (can't remember which one) where it moves in a rectangle and increases resolution on certain picture types.
7. 10MP, or 8MP sensor for better low light pics
A lot of this seems easily achievable at minimal cost and battery drain.
I'd be happy with this
J
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