With a price in the $300's, it's a nice little compact. Pentax really got great IQ from the 1/2.3 sensor and the control layout is really good. For these prices or cheaper, I would recommend the Q to anyone looking for a a fun compact.
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 5:13 PM, John Celio <neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com> wrote: >> At this price it's what it's worth, but I expect that it also spells the >> end of the Q. Sad if the body form factor had stayed the same but it >> had a sensor twice as large it would probably be viable as an >> alternative to the Nikon 1 series of cameras. Sad, that it was a >> novelty. Maybe it will become a collectors item in the future. > > While I hope it's not already being dropped, I pretty much agree with > you. If it had been this price months ago I might have bought it. When > the camera & lenses start showing up on eBay for cheap, I'll probably > get it (assuming the line is actually dropped by Pentax). It'll look > good next to my Auto110 set. > > John > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.