| Q Item
| US Street Prices (in US$)
|
| Q Digital Camera with 8.5mm Lens (Black or White)
| $800 |
| 5-15 mm Zoom Lens for Q Mount Cameras
| $300
|
| 3.2 mm f/5.6 Fish Eye Lens for Q Series Cameras
| $130
|
| 6.3 mm f/7.1 Toy Lens Wide-Angle for Q Mount Cameras
| $80
|
| 18 mm f/8 Toy Lens Telephoto for Q Mount Cameras
| $80
|
The toy lenses, whilst are ridiculously slow, are also decribed as having built-in "Toy Camera Effect", which possibly means that the optical quality of which would be inferior! Besides, the $300 kit zoom of the Q is not that small, regardless of the really small 1/2.3" sensor of the Q.
Oh well, after all, who will buy? Will you buy? :-o
Frankly, I am afraid that the prices are just too high to be competitive, especially for the (one and only one) basic kit! :-( For $200 more (which is yet not enough to buy an additional standard zoom of the Q!), people can get the top-of-the-line feature-rich and high performance and up-to-minute luxury ILDC of the Sony NEX-7! I would rather save the money to get the new flagship NEX body instead, period.
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Marek · 708 weeks ago
RiceHigh 110p · 708 weeks ago
Ying · 708 weeks ago
For $300 I can get something like a Fuji F550EXR. At $800 + $300 I might as well go for the Fuji X100.
full_frame · 708 weeks ago
RiceHigh 110p · 708 weeks ago
Chris · 708 weeks ago
However, the K-10D, K-7 and K-5 all felt to me as if I had personally written the spec sheet. The ergonomics (shape, GUI, etc.) is just PERFECT. Therefore, IMO, the next Pentax DSLR should look and feel EXACTLY like the K-5, if possible with a slightly bigger sensor (although FF is probably impossible), and have the O-GPS1 integrated. Improved autofocus accurary (not speed!) at low light would be desirable. But no further wishes here. I would buy it in an instant.
I have stated it over and over, mirrorless cameras are TOYs (all of them) because (i) rangefinders are outdated (ii) electronic viewfinders are crap. Thus, a serious camera with exchange lenses must have a mirror for the optical viewfinder. Just my opinion, but a strong one.
RiceHigh 110p · 708 weeks ago