On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:48 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > By now everyone knows about Nikon's mirrorless camera entry, the Nikon 1. > Mike Johnston's take: http://goo.gl/uTSZe > > But I'm thinking that the general design (ignoring some specifics) echos the > Pentax Q system and could be seen as a market validation for the notion of a > very compact system with a small sensor. > > If nothing else, this will help keep companies making mount adapters busy > for years to come.
It's very interesting to me that Pentax and now Nikon have chosen to go with small-sensor LIVE camera systems like this. It might be where the major sales can be obtained, but it limits further the ability to control focus zone unless extremely fast lenses are used, and they're not offering extremely fast lenses far as I can see. My interests are for larger sensor cameras, FourThirds format and up, and shared use of high-quality, manually operated lenses, so neither the Pentax Q or Nikon 1 systems are all that appealing to me. For me, at present, Ricoh's GXR and A12 Camera Mount is right on target. The Sony NEX 7 might be a contender too, but I am so enthused about what I'm seeing with the GXR and this camera unit I'll likely hang out with it at least until Leica's LIVE offering surfaces in Fall 2012. The cobwebs on my SLR kit are growing thick. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
