Pentax Q - New Favouritest Camera EVER! - Review

The new Pentax Q is an unusual beastie of a camera, Pentax says BAH to current conventions and trends, and relied on their long and illustrious history and experience in building cameras and have come up with the smallest, lightest interchangeable-lens system camera currently available.... and it's incredible fun!

You can view a gallery of the the shots I took while preparing this review (including ones that aren't in this video) here on Google+ https://plus.google.com/113803788626868279965/posts/Dftm6WLP8VH

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[JJtheEskimo]

since the price slash is the only thing I was waiting for, just ordered my first camera, the pentax q :) cheers blunty mate.

[Blunty3000]

@JJtheEskimo Yup, I paid the "early adopter tax", don't regret it, have had LOTS of fun with it ever since, but you're right, the recent price drop has made it MUCH more enticing :) Enjoy.

[JacosVonJacos]

@Blunty3000 Hi Blunty, almost ready to buy one of these but i was a little worried about the shutter/lcd lag that is shown in the digital rev review. How do you find it in day to day shooting.

Thanks.

[Blunty3000]

@JacosVonJacos I'll say this; Lately it's MUCH smarter if you consider digitalrev's stuff simply as "entertainment" and NOT real "reviews".

[L0veepanicc]

favouritest aint a word!

[Blunty3000]

@L0veepanicc Neither is "aint", what's your point?

[Blunty3000]

@DuctapeisSilver As you can see in this video, the Q's Video is quite nice, but if your main priority is video then get a camera whose main priority is video. Makes sense right?

[TheArekussu]

Love the video, always admired the Q. It's weird and people might not get it, but it's a genuinely nice camera to shoot with, which is something Pentax are very good at from my experience. Your voice reminds me of the guy off the Buzz video games...

[bfg1996]

Its sooo small...you can fit it up yer arse !!

[SwordSaint32]

awesome now I just need $650 time to go look behind the couch.

[JacosVonJacos]

@Blunty3000

Thanks for the reply. I was just wondering how does the AF speed in this compare to shooting in live view mode in say a nikon d5100 or 600d? I had a Sony a55 and the af speed was great using the lcd to compose. So i dont really want to be getting a slower af camera.Damn-getting myself all confused now!

[chakracannon97]

Doesn't its screen lag a little? Anyway you have kind of changed my mind on this thing.

[VictorPhanVP]

If I wanted to do studio filming and documenting, and a bit of photography, which camera would be more preferable for me, the V1 or the Pentax Q?