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| THREE BOWLER HATS by FINEART4YPvK from Men Wearing Hats | Oak Leaf Rain Drops by CharlieGMorr from My Best Non-bird Photo of the Fortnight 12 | Reflection Perfection by Nilesh Trivedi from Reflections on Water | délicatesse by cjf2 from Bird with its Prey |
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| THREE BOWLER HATS by FINEART4YPvK from Men Wearing Hats | Oak Leaf Rain Drops by CharlieGMorr from My Best Non-bird Photo of the Fortnight 12 | Reflection Perfection by Nilesh Trivedi from Reflections on Water | délicatesse by cjf2 from Bird with its Prey |
There are rumours of a pin hole camera coming next.
Simply brilliant for soccer mums.
The butler of my cleaning woman has 2 of them for inconspicuous street photography and action sports.
I preordered already. Can’t wait to shoot my cat with it. I is soo excited!
Brilliant! I don't need one. I don't want one.
I is soo thrilled!
Gazeomon: In August the full review was only days away. Now it's mid October and not a sign of a review in sight.
is it already? time flies when you have fun.
In August the full review was only days away. Now it's mid October and not a sign of a review in sight.
Nice to see, nice to forget-for most of us.
Pentax takes good photos in the right hands like all other cameras. Pity not much of an APSC lens support and way too expensive.
I probably would spend serious money on a camera or lens if it excites me and kindles passion and vision. This device leaves me cold as a fish. I'd rather get a good smart phone. Lightroom post processing in camera on that spiffy little monitor?? Get lost.
Paul_R_H: 'Death of the SLR' eh? The SLR these days might be a minority tase, but it is a valid taste. The SLR didn't entirely kill the range finder. Digital didn't entirely finish off film. Digital music wasn't completely the end of vinyl. Cars didn't entirely stop people riding horses. Electric light wasn't the end of candles. Steamboats weren't wholly the finish of sailboats.
- - and Kodak is still twitching - -
turvyT: Many people, many photographers, buy Japanese products, but don't understand Japanese way of seen crafted objects and services. In Japan, many times you pay a premium for a service, for an ambiance, for a mood, for a small variation... Refinement is not only in the object, it's also in what surrounds that object or the service. It's not to show off, but to get a sensation derived from those things. They have always been doing special editions, small variations on existing products. In motorcycles, traditional swords, ceramics or electronics. Pentax has a long tradition of colored cameras in the digital epoch. And Haselblad (as Leica sometimes) did something very different when they rebranded lower brands. Pentax variates on their own products. The Q was an explosion in that sense ---the number of possible color combinations. That can be of no interest to some; others would like it, me included.
I use Pentax cameras and lenses for many years, among other systems and I like shooting with it. Unfortunately the Pentax brand does not progress into any useful direction that I can perceive. Instead they cloak their already ageing gear into gimmicky clownish colour schemes and robot shapes. Pentax looks hopeless and plotless. I use my 'ltd.' Pentax primes mostly on my other systems now. Pentax is so far over the hill, they are already half way up the next.
zakaria: Pentax have extensive experience in this field and are reliable.
Reminds me of traditional fountain makers.
It is also a reminder that Pentax is alive and has high voice.
It's higher than high. It's shrill, like 'look at me I have nothing of substance to offer for some years now but I look like a tarted up old woman in a ninja costume'.
Johans81: I liked this idea , sure there are alot newer cameras out thete but this one is still pentax flahship camera and if it fullfillls all your needs then this is a fun compliment
It's not a 'flahship', it's a 'blahship'.
DotCom Editor: Perhaps the wood grip will...
-- Magically transform me into a better photographer
-- Allow me to charge much more for my work — and get it
-- Instantly provide me with unfettered access to movie stars, athletes, and politicians
-- Make me irresistible
-- Improve every exposure so as to eliminate the need for post-processing
Then again, perhaps not.
I don't want to be seen dead with this awful looking robot toy in public. Let alone alive!
Gazeomon: No substance, just overpriced bluff and bling. Can't even imagine who'd be interested in that robot toy. Must be a Japanese thing.
Nobody mocks their culture. Just something I don’ like about Japanese taste!
No substance, just overpriced bluff and bling. Can't even imagine who'd be interested in that robot toy. Must be a Japanese thing.
Alex Rathmann: Why? can you take better pictures with it? you will get better IQ? does this make the camera faster?
No, none of that, it just looks a little faster.
Gazeomon: How much is the helicopter You can hang out of with the Kevlar encrusted Leica?
No, it could be a feature of a kids playground.