Thant's an amazing showing of the Q's capabilities, Mark. Great stuff. Really great! Cheers, Christine
On Nov 22, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Mark Cassino <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > Congrats on getting the Q - it is a ton of fun and kicks out pretty decent > images as well. > > I bought a used Q Kit that had the standard prime, standard zoom, fisheye and > toy telephoto. I added a K to Q converter right off the bat. > > The 5-15mm zoom has been my most used lens with the standard prime close > behind. Both of those lenses just feel great and perform very well. For the > type of shooting that I use the Q for the standard zoom is perfect. > > I was captivated by the fisheye but had iffy results manually focusing with > it. When focused propertly (and I kept my fingers out of the field of view) > it was great. I installed the new firmware a few weeks ago and focus peaking > is a huge boon to me wrt to using this lens. I expect I'll use it a lot in > the future and my problems focusing it will be greatly diminished. > > The lens that has seen virtually no use is the toy telephoto. I've tried it a > few times and it works well. IMO it really should not be called a "toy" lens > as that invokes lomography / holga etc (at least to me) and it is a > straightforward good performing lens. It just lacks aperture control and > autofocus and is not as nicely constructed as the standard lenses. > > The K to Q adapter is an excellent tool. I've been playing around with an M > 50 f1.7 as my working telephoto, and with the updated firmware and image > stabilization and focus peaking it works fine. The M 50 / adapter / Q is not > at all awkward to me. > > I did several test shots with the Q and A* 200 f4 macro, D-FA 100mm and other > K mount lenses. It worked well and is not terribly difficult to use. For > macro the Q's DOF is great. My tests are here: > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/testing-the-pentax-q-and-k-mount-lenses > > I am eagerly awaiting using K mount macro prime with focus peaking - just > haven't gotten out to do any work with it. I'll be adding the telephoto zoom > to my kit soon as well, since with the normal zoom it would be a great travel > kit. > > I will also probably opt for the Pentax K to Q adapter with built in leaf > shutter to be able to better use flash. > > Have fun! > > Mark > > On 11/21/2012 3:18 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >> G'day all >> >> Well the Q arrived in the post today - looks like it should be a lot of fun. >> >> Anyway - it came with the standard prime and I'm really going to need other >> lenses. >> >> On the wide end, there doesn't seem to be any alternative to the standard >> 5-15 mm zoom but for telephoto I'm torn between the upcoming long zoom and >> using K mount lenses via a Q to K adapter. The lack of autofocus with the >> latter option is a concern, my eyesight not being what it was. >> >> I'm certainly interested to any experiences that Q owners might care to >> share. >> >> As an aside, at it's current price point it seems to be selling like hot >> cakes - at least in Japan: >> >> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-94TvMGX7sRE/UKdGixfs8uI/AAAAAAAAAY8/66wdWCyU2bM/s1600/BCNQ1113.jpg >> >> >> >> > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
