Pentax Q

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Characteristics

Introduced as "The world's smallest interchangeable lens system camera…"[1] The Pentax Q system is composed of 4 bodies (Q, Q10, Q-7, Q-S1) and eight lenses: Three zooms (mid-range, wide, telephoto), one prime (8mm f1.9), and 4 "specialty" lenses (fish-eye, "toy wide", "toy tele", "mount shield lens"). The zooms and prime have leaf shutters (with built-in neutral density filters) which sync with flash up to 1/2000 of a second. The other lenses (and all adapted lenses) use the camera's electronic shutter.

The camera's small sensor size (1/2.3") means that the Q has a crop factor of 5.6× (compared to full-frame 35mm cameras), as well as a short flange focal distance (FFD). With the 5.6× crop factor, a 100mm macro lens (for example) results in a 35mm equivalent field of view (FOV) of a 560mm telephoto. An additional implication of the 5.6× crop factor and associated optics is that depth of field (DOF) is increased proportionally for a given aperture setting (in comparison to the 35mm equivalent DOF at the same aperture). This means that in some applications the small Pentax Q sensor offers an advantage over larger formats. This also allows the Pentax Q lenses to be proportionally smaller than lenses designed for larger formats. The Pentax Q has a wide range of digital effects and controls including High Dynamic Range (HDR), multiple scene modes, and a bokeh function which, when activated, can enable a pseudo shallow focus effect. The short FFD of the Pentax Q enables it to accept manual focus lenses from many manufacturers (via adapters) including Nikon F, Leica M and 39M, Olympus OM, Canon FD, Minolta, M42 screw mount, C-Mount, D-Mount, Pentax K, Pentax Auto 110, and Pentax 6×7.[2] The camera is equipped with sensor-shift image stabilization technology to improve image quality at slow shutter speeds or when using telephoto lenses. It has a "focus peaking" function as well. Sensor shift and focus peaking functions also work with adapted lenses.

The Q7 and Q-S1 models have a larger sensor size (1/1.7") resulting in a crop factor of 4.6×.

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Pentax digital interchangeable lens camera timeline
Class Sensor 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Professional DSLR MF 645D 645Z
FF K-1
High-end DSLR APS-C K-3 II
K-3
Advanced DSLR K-7 K-5 K-5 II/K-5 IIs
*ist D K10D K20D
Midrange DSLR K-S2
K100D 100DS K200D K-30 K-50
Entry-level DSLR *ist DS *ist DS2 K-r K-500
*ist DL DL2 K110D K-m/K2000 K-x K-S1
K-mount MILC K-01
Q-mount MILC 1/1.7" Q7
Q-S1
1/2.3" Q Q10
Prototype DSLRs


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  1. ↑ http://ricohimaging.com/products/q-series/
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