Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-23 Thread Don Guthrie
) From:eactiv...@aol.com To:pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7? Message-ID:d28e7.18b987dc.3f70a...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I am not sold on any bridge camera, but if I get Pentax, I think I will go for the MX-1. Mainly because it supports RAW files

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
, 22 Sep 2013 16:15:06 -0400 (EDT) From:eactiv...@aol.com To:pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7? Message-ID:d28e7.18b987dc.3f70a...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I am not sold on any bridge camera, but if I get Pentax, I think I will go

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-23 Thread Eactivist
Not much (re how much). I was actually serious about maybe getting one. So weird, so fun. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 9/23/2013 12:30:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, shark50...@gmail.com writes: Aw Marnie do not mock my beloved K-01. It is my carry-around back-up and often main

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-23 Thread Christine Aguila
DPreview gave the MX-1 a good score. The write times can be a bit slow, but the reviewer really liked everything else. I'm thinking of the MX-1 myself at some point. I'd give it a serious look, Marnie! Cheers, Christine On Sep 22, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote:

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-22 Thread Mark C
I like the Q and expect that I'll like the Q-7 even more, though I have no plans on buying one immediately. I travel a lot for work and the Q is a perfect travel kit - the Q, 2 zooms, normal prime and fisheye fit in a case that is about the size of lens case for a normal 35mm zoom. WHen I was

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-22 Thread Eactivist
Thanks!, Mark. I've really wondered about the Q. Seems sort of like Pentax's answer to micro3/4 /compact cameras (well, I see it that way). Nice shots. Especially like the brick reflection in window. You've raised my hopes, I will look into it. I wouldn't mind owning a Pentax again. A

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-22 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Thanks!, Mark. I've really wondered about the Q. Seems sort of like Pentax's answer to micro3/4 /compact cameras (well, I see it that way). Yes, it is, but even the Q7 only has 1/1.7 sensor (same size as the P7100/P7800/DMC-LF1 I've been

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-22 Thread Eactivist
I understand all that, but it also allows for the PUG and annual. Unless the rules have changed. ? Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 9/22/2013 6:57:28 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, a...@pobox.com writes: On Sun, Sep 22, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Thanks!, Mark. I've really

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-22 Thread Zos Xavius
Look at some 100% samples from the X-5. I've owned some bridge cameras and the panny ones were always the best IMO with support for RAW and great lenses. The X-5 samples look pretty awful full size. Everything looks like watercolors in a bad way. You could do a whole lot better for the price. I

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-22 Thread Eactivist
I am not sold on any bridge camera, but if I get Pentax, I think I will go for the MX-1. Mainly because it supports RAW files. There are tons of nicer compact cameras out there, some pretty pricey, some not. Many of the ones people have suggested to me. But I am coming from a specialized

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You might be interested to look at this short thread on GetDPI.com: http://www.getdpi.com/forum/pentax/43010-new-pentax-mx-1-a.html G On Sep 22, 2013, at 1:15 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I am not sold on any bridge camera, but if I get Pentax, I think I will go for the MX-1. Mainly

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-22 Thread Eactivist
Thanks. Not a bad review, at all. M aka D In a message dated 9/22/2013 1:19:06 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, godd...@me.com writes: You might be interested to look at this short thread on GetDPI.com: http://www.getdpi.com/forum/pentax/43010-new-pentax-mx-1-a.html G -- PDML

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-22 Thread P.J. Alling
On 9/22/2013 4:15 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: The MX-1 is cute and retro, and K-01 is downright funky. I understand the odor goes away with time. On 9/22/2013 4:15 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: I am not sold on any bridge camera, but if I get Pentax, I think I will go for the MX-1.

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-21 Thread Eactivist
Should have put Q7 also in subject line. In a message dated 9/21/2013 10:01:53 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, eactiv...@aol.com writes: Sort of narrowing down my choices for my main camera system. But been looking at having a little fixed lens camera for travel situations (like Disneyland

Re: Anyone have the Pentax X-5? or Q7?

2013-09-21 Thread P.J. Alling
I don't own one but I did research a while ago, for pretty much the reasons you've got. The bottom line appears that the Pentax X-5 is really just another bridge camera pretty much like all other bridge cameras. It's a small sensor, though quality is supposed to pretty good up to ISO 400.