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I understand they want the much smaller factor, but at what cost?
The sensor is so small it won't allow for any DOF control. And their post-processing trick to simulate DOF doesn't convince me at all. I just don't like the idea of a fake DOF hack.
To me, it's just ridiculous. Why would I buy this instead of a LX3 ?
I wish they would have done what Sony or Samsung did: using an APS-C sensor in a compact pocketable camera.
When you look at the size difference between the Pentax Q and the NEX (or even Panasonic GF3) which has a sensor 8x larger, it makes you wonder what Pentax were thinking... Between the Q and a GF3, I'd take a GF3 any day! And I already think 4/3 sensors are too small. A camera can only be so small. In this case, the size may not even be limited by the sensor size, but just the practicality of it. When a NEX can almost be the same size while having a MUCH bigger sensor with actual DOF control.
What a waste of resources, especially given the time they must have spent on this while they could have been working on K-mount lenses instead... <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
I really don't see the point. That's just a joke, how matter how cute it is.
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It's all about market segmentation, and in this case, creating a new market segment.
It's very portable, tiny, looks like fun, maybe even sexy, and will appeal to a whole generation of gadget lovers who are not willing to carry an APS-C, 4/3, FF etc. dslr, not even a micro 4/3 camera.
You and I are likely not in that category, but it may well prove to be very popular - even more pocketable than those other mirrorless, exchangeable or interchangeable lens cameras, with or without electronic viewfinders, in this case no viewfinder (IOW, a MILC, or even a SMILC, S for small <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />).
Kind regards, Wim
I understand they want the much smaller factor, but at what cost?
The sensor is so small it won't allow for any DOF control. And their post-processing trick to simulate DOF doesn't convince me at all. I just don't like the idea of a fake DOF hack.
To me, it's just ridiculous. Why would I buy this instead of a LX3 ?
I wish they would have done what Sony or Samsung did: using an APS-C sensor in a compact pocketable camera.
When you look at the size difference between the Pentax Q and the NEX (or even Panasonic GF3) which has a sensor 8x larger, it makes you wonder what Pentax were thinking... Between the Q and a GF3, I'd take a GF3 any day! And I already think 4/3 sensors are too small. A camera can only be so small. In this case, the size may not even be limited by the sensor size, but just the practicality of it. When a NEX can almost be the same size while having a MUCH bigger sensor with actual DOF control.
What a waste of resources, especially given the time they must have spent on this while they could have been working on K-mount lenses instead... <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
I really don't see the point. That's just a joke, how matter how cute it is.
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It's all about market segmentation, and in this case, creating a new market segment.
It's very portable, tiny, looks like fun, maybe even sexy, and will appeal to a whole generation of gadget lovers who are not willing to carry an APS-C, 4/3, FF etc. dslr, not even a micro 4/3 camera.
You and I are likely not in that category, but it may well prove to be very popular - even more pocketable than those other mirrorless, exchangeable or interchangeable lens cameras, with or without electronic viewfinders, in this case no viewfinder (IOW, a MILC, or even a SMILC, S for small <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />).
Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....