Olympus XZ-2. I've seen that "rebranded" claim over and over, but never any hard proof abut it, I guess other than the fact that the Olympus came a few months before the Pentax. Might well be that the lens and other electronics were initially designed by a third party provider, as it is often the case. Still, the MX-1 has SMC coating, Pentax menus, shots DNG, etc. If that's going to be the case, I hope they rebrand a lot more cameras in the future! :)
I like the Q7 a lot, but I prefer making photos with the MX-1. Q7 might be too small, plus the screen is fixed... j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 1:11 PM Toine <[email protected]> wrote: > The MX-1 is a rebranded Olympus or panasonic. I forgot which one. > dpreview has a review of both. I think some Q lenses are also > rebranded non pentax design. > The solution to changing lenses on a Q is two Q's. My Q-S1 is glued to > the 08 and my Q7 to the 06 or 01. Even 2 Q's fit in the smallest bag. > I almost stopped using DSLRs until I got the KP mainly because it has > a similar tilting screen as the MX-1. > > > On Sun, 27 Oct 2019 at 20:25, Juan Buhler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I wanted to start a thread on this little gem of a camera. From what I > see > > in the list over the years (Gmail keeps everything!), the styling and > > perceived limitations were made fun of a little, then some people posted > > some images made with it, and that's all I found. > > > > What I don't see is any acknowledgment of the fact that this is a > > delightful camera to use. I do think the design and materials contribute > to > > this, there's a tactile quality to it, plus the tiltable screen, which is > > plenty big and sharp even in 2019, and the usual great Pentax feature set > > and menus, make it just that: a pleasure to shoot with. > > > > The weird choice of painted brass and the whole "will acquire patina" > > thing, I take almost as a sarcastic commentary on planned obsolescence. > > Probably unintentional, but interesting commentary in any case. Plus is > yet > > another instance of a camera company that could only be described as > > "quirky". Think about it: They brought us the K-01, the Q series, the > MX-1. > > They were making non-pro DSLRs with weather sealing and IS back in 2006. > > They make a lens series that is all metal, like it's 1965 or something. > > Their acquisition by Ricoh is a perfect marriage: the company that makes > > the GR series, made the GXR and other weird cameras like those is a great > > match. Hey if you want great AF and new cameras every three weeks go get > a > > Sony or Canon, those are not going away anyway. I am glad there's someone > > seemingly experimenting and making cool stuff. > > > > Back to the MX-1: I love this camera. Yes it would be great to have a hot > > shoe, I've been thinking I might tastefully epoxy one to mine. If Pentax > > were to make an MX-2, with a similar body and features and a 20MP 1" > > sensor, I would be all over it. > > > > While I wait for my patina to develop, I leave you with this really nice > > 2019 review of the MX-1. Check out that guy's channel too, he likes his > > Pentaxes. > > > > https://youtu.be/cRgQndjM1rQ?t=57 > > > > j > > > > -- > > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
