Pentax Q Hands-On

Pentax Canada was good enough to let us spend an afternoon with their brand new Pentax Q camera system. The Camera Store's Chris Niccolls took a look at the images and video this camera could produce and we looked at the lens lineup for this quirky little camera.

Shot and Edited by Jordan Drake
Special thanks to Bill Gouge of Pentax Canada

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Pentax Q
• mirrorless camera
• The Camera Store
• compact
• small
• Chris Niccolls
• Pentax
• Jordan Drake

[MyStormVideos]

help me pick Pentax Q or Olympus EPL-2 thanks

[TheCameraStoreTV]

@MyStormVideos EPL-2 will give you better image quality, but the Pentax is smaller.

Jordan @ The Camera Store TV

[flordesnor]

Great review. Where can I buy this beauty?

[TheCameraStoreTV]

@flordesnor Canadians can buy it from us: (check our website ) For other countries we recommend checking with Pentax or your local retailer.. or for shipping from Hong Kong try - digital rev

[TheNatureguy01]

A little pricy, does it record sounds for Video Chris?

[TheCameraStoreTV]

@TheNatureguy01 It has stereo sound. No mic input though.

Jordan @ The Camera Store

[jtusa181]

LOL @ the people coming towards the bridge, seeing you guys, and swerving around.

[circlebamboo10000]

Chris, you are so hot. I want to suck you dry. Yum.

[lukefabis]

How well does this camera play with C-mount and CS-mount lenses?

On E-mount and μ4/3 cameras, the vignetting is so severe that they border unusable with some very rare exceptions, so I'm thinking the smaller sensor size on the Pentax Q would actually make this camera perfect for using vintage cine lenses.

[MyStormVideos]

thanks for getting bk to me

[mipmipmipmipmip]

Looks fun, I could find about zero toy filters on the nikon one J1 :(

[tiberiousgracchus]

Hi there!

Did you have any issues with Shutter lag and write speeds?

Thanks

[tiberiousgracchus]

@MyStormVideos

Its uniqueness is very attractive. Together with portability. Stunning piece of kit.

[MrRedshops]

this is an interesting VDO.

[BoxxyFan]

You're shooting the high ISO in bright daylight... of course it's going to be decent. Facepalm.

[SpeedFreakNO]

I'm a Pentax user already, 135 format and APS-C DSLR. I want the Q.