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CameraQuest
09-29-2011, 17:44
Yes, another CEVIL camera - and surely more lens adapters to follow!

http://www.highpants.com/technoid/?tag=pentax-q

Apparently the smallest CEVIL to date.

WOW - LUV that flash thingy thing - designed by Rube Goldberg?

Not sure what Darwin would have said about this much diversity.

Stephen
noimmunity
09-29-2011, 20:31
Interesting to see another new camera without AA filter.
Tim Gray
09-29-2011, 20:47
Once the pixel density gets high enough, the lack of resolution in a lens acts as an AA filter. For that matter, even if the pixel density was low, if the image is sufficiently blurry from either out of focus or just a crappy lens, you don't need an AA filter.
kzphoto
09-29-2011, 21:06
Haven't these been out for awhile?
kdemas
09-29-2011, 21:09
I've had mine for about a week with the fixed 47/1.9 lens. So far great fun, more to report after I shoot a bit more. Pictures don't do it justice, incredibly small.

Here's one from my first outing with it.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6173/6183666581_fcd3e2461c_b_d.jpg
kzphoto
09-29-2011, 21:09
That's right, the FrankenQ!
Bobbo
09-29-2011, 21:10
Ummm... that link is from the end of June... just sayin'...
Juan Valdenebro
09-29-2011, 21:13
Hmmmm... With this lack of really small, new half format film cameras I'd love to buy, those digital miniatures might end up seducing me... That shot looks a lot better than thousands of shots done with the latest aspherical lenses manufactured by a well known company... :)

Cheers,

Juan
kdemas
09-29-2011, 21:17
The announcement was in June, cameras started shipping here about 2 weeks ago :)
FrozenInTime
09-29-2011, 21:21
That's right, the FrankenQ!

http://www.donaldingram.com/ForumImages/FrankenQ.jpg

And Kent got some very nice images from it - the field of view and DOF is very minox like. So much so that I'm thinking it might be a better choice than the GRD IV.
kdemas
09-29-2011, 21:24
And Kent got some very nice images from it - the field of view and DOF is very minox like. So much so that I'm thinking it might be a better choice than the GRD IV.

Come on now Donald, the GRD IV is a must for you. Don't break with tradition man!! ;)
kdemas
09-29-2011, 21:27
OK, which was bigger? Donald's Frankenfinder or the Q? Pretty close really!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/6196728101_4f5a7e03c7_b_d.jpg
Tim Gray
09-29-2011, 21:33
Those shots do look pretty good. It's a shame the camera isn't a bit cheaper though. I hate to be one of those that complain about prices, but for $800, I'd be tempted by a Sony NEX or the Ricoh M setup...
kdemas
09-29-2011, 21:36
It is a bit pricey Tim, true.

Those shots do look pretty good. It's a shame the camera isn't a bit cheaper though. I hate to be one of those that complain about prices, but for $800, I'd be tempted by a Sony NEX or the Ricoh M setup...
FrozenInTime
09-29-2011, 21:45
Come on now Donald, the GRD IV is a must for you. Don't break with tradition man!! ;)

I was a minox 8x11 fan before Ricoh - I would have been right on the Q if only the OVF had been the size of the Ricoh GV-2 ... or built in.

The GRD IV remains on order :) still a 40mm version would be appreciated.
Gabriel M.A.
09-29-2011, 23:18
I've had mine for about a week with the fixed 47/1.9 lens.

There's a fixed lens version? I thought this was an interchangeable lens camera only.
btgc
09-29-2011, 23:55
There's a fixed lens version? I thought this was an interchangeable lens camera only.

Read it as fixed focal length lens. For those who missed train with 43/1.9 Limited ?
jsrockit
09-30-2011, 04:07
How about some color examples...?
kdemas
09-30-2011, 08:50
There's a fixed lens version? I thought this was an interchangeable lens camera only.

Gabriel- I didn't state that as clearly as I could have. Non-zoom, fixed focal length lens, 47mm equivalent FOV :)
kdemas
09-30-2011, 08:56
How about some color examples...?

Sure. Here are a few from that day (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdemas/sets/72157627630306747). Some color, some B&W, some at high ISO in a bar. It was a RFF meetup day so I just shot as we trolled along. I'll pop some more up there shortly.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6164/6184183690_bf65275209_b_d.jpg
FPjohn
09-30-2011, 08:58
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/technology/personaltech/2-compact-cameras-move-closer-to-perfection-david-pogue.html

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/09/29/technology/personaltech/20110929_pogue.html?ref=personaltech
yours
FPJ
johannielscom
09-30-2011, 09:09
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/te...pagewanted=all

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...929_pogue.html

yours
FPJ

two dead links.

just sayin'! ;)
kdemas
09-30-2011, 09:09
FPJ,

Those links didn't want to work for me. Might this be one of the articles (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/technology/personaltech/2-compact-cameras-move-closer-to-perfection-david-pogue.html) you were referencing?

Kent

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/te...pagewanted=all

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...929_pogue.html

yours
FPJ
back alley
09-30-2011, 14:13
i held one today...seems very well built and solid, almost too small for my hands.
FPjohn
09-30-2011, 16:11
FPJ,

Those links didn't want to work for me. Might this be one of the articles (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/technology/personaltech/2-compact-cameras-move-closer-to-perfection-david-pogue.html) you were referencing?

Kent

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/technology/personaltech/2-compact-cameras-move-closer-to-perfection-david-pogue.html?ref=technology

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/09/29/technology/personaltech/20110929_pogue.html?ref=personaltech

Thanks.

yours
FPJ