Pentax Q – world’s smallest interchangeable lens camera

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Pentax has just announced the Pentax Q 12.4MP camera. This little (very little) guy has a footprint of only 3.9 x 2.3 x 1.2in and supports interchangeable special Q lenses that include a wide, telephoto, zoom and fisheye. It also features a 3 inch LCD viewfinder, shake reduction, 1080p video capture, HDMI out. It comes in Black or White and has a price of $799.95 for a kit that apparently does NOT include a lens. It’s currently available for pre-order with no mention of a shipping date. It looks cute as a button, but that price is pretty ouchy. What do you guys think? Is it drool worthy?

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  2. The announcement was released in June.

    Drool worthy? The camera’s sensor is tiny, so it’s hard to imagine image performance that lives up to the high price. I’ll hold judgement until a good test site provides sample images.

  3. From the specs, it looks like this is the same image sensor they use in their consumer-level point-and-shoot cameras. So it’s not really any smaller than normal. (Ok, it is smaller than what is in their DSLRs.)

  4. Going to be an awful noisy photo if taken under anything but normal lighting conditions I would think. For that amount of money, just go ahead and buy a dSLR, and use the savings on a compact camera.

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