Pentax Q

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I bought it with an EF adaptor for on the cheap Planetary photography.
But, what a cute little camera it turns out to be .;).
who owns it and what do you shoot with it.
 
Must admit I have been toying with the idea of buying one now the price is a lot more sensible. I am waiting to see what sort of official K mount adapter Pentax bring out (I think my Pentax A* 300mm f2.8 and teleconverter could be interesting on it)
 
Got mine from park cameras Camera + standard lens 8.5mm with a toy 100mm thrown in the deal for £250. Shows as out of stock but, I was in no hurry and so, I placed the order yesterday. To my surprise, the camera was home today. Brilliant service. :thumbs:
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Just looked to put the link in and it has gone up in price. It is £300 for the bundle now. Seems I bought at the right time. :D
 
I had one and thought it was great fun especially with the prime kit lens. I really enjoyed shooting jpegs and using the creative filters.

Image quality was surprisingly good and the tiny size meant it was always with me to use when an opportunity arose. I think, had the original price been lower they would have sold bucket loads of them
 
Did you use it with Canon or other DSLR lenses? If so, how did it perform?
I am planning to attach my 600mm with stacked extenders 2x & 1.4x. That will give me an equivalent focal length of 9240mm. That's like having a 9 meter telescope :eek: I recon I could take a shot of Jupiter and actually see some detail there. :D
 
Waiting for the adaptor :) seller sent it yesterday but, on a snail paced 5 business day postage. Of course, once it arrives, some clear night sky will be nice... But, I am not holding my breath for it :thumbsdown:

FWIW I am just as curious as you are :lol:
 
Got the adaptor today :D.
Now the long wait for my 600mm II and good weather. :bat:
For now I've attached it to my 300mm II
Below the bestie.

pentaxQ_300mm.jpg


With a crop factor of 5.5x, when attached to the Pentax Q, that 300mm lens has an equivalent focal length of 1650 f/2.8 :eek:
 
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Ok First picture taken with the Pentax Q + EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II + EF 2X Extender MKIII
Taken a few minutes ago RAW image processed with PS5

Moon_PQ_300X2_FF.jpg


Please note the image above is full frame no crop whatsoever... :D

The combo gives you a very narrow field of view so, finding the moon (OOF may I add) was not an easy task. Once I found it, getting critical focus was, to put it mildly, "difficult". Still, I am very happy with this first attempt. I am sure with practice I'll get better images. :D

Below 100% unprocessed crop

Moon_PQ_300X2_100_crop.jpg
 
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For comparison this is the full frame I get with the same rig attached to a 1D MKIV


Moon_1D4_300X2_FF.jpg
 
@ 500mm you should just get the full disk in the frame on a Q :)
 
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