Pentax Q with 5-15mm zoom lens $189.99

viking79 wrote:

Thanks!

That is a C mount lens with adapter, the problem is you have to get more expensive C mount lenses to get good results. You probably want to get a 5 MP lens. A 3 MP lens might be okay, I haven't tried any yet, but the cheap $20 lenses for the most part are for VGA security systems, they have really poor image quality for imaging (like half MP).

Don't forget about the newer 15-45mm f/2.8 lens too, it is a fairly large aperture telephoto lens that some others have used here, I think it just came out a couple months ago so supply is a little spotty.

I will say Q has limited depth of field control at further distances, for closer distances it does well enough. For easy solution, I would get the camera and add the 15-45mm f/2.8. It is hard to find the 8.5mm f/1.9 separately. I was just going to pick that lens up but I can't find it anywhere.

My main usability issue with the Q is the screen has no anti-glare coating on it so it is terrible in bright light (not even direct sunlight) so just keep that in mind. Some of the buttons are also on the small side for my fingers (mainly the up directional button). Build quality is excellent though, it is a solid little camera.

Eric