>>3115111It's pretty much a premium camera marketed to Japanese schoolgirls (only place it sells). Where cost efficiency is concerned, you really gotta like the idea of the Q to justify the prices involved. Having said that, the sensor punches well above its weight. When paired with high quality lenses, you might be surprised to know the images came from a 1/1.7" sensor. You can pixel poop at 100% crop and find clean images.
The lens selection is alright for what this is, it's missing the macro lens though. The 2.8 telephoto zoom is excellent and I continue to lust over the wide angle zoom, which is another great lens. This is my most used camera that I take everywhere, so I'm okay with investing good money on it once in a while.
The lens adapting gimmick got old quick for me, but some people have built some impressive telephoto rigs around this camera. If you're really serious about it, Pentax makes a 200 dollar K-Q adapter with built-in leaf shutter and aperture ring. Metabones also makes an obscure Nikon-Q speedbooster. MS-Optical made a 25mm 1.1 for the Q-mount, the only such lens Miyazaki has made for a non-rangefinder mount as far as I know. It's super rare, I'll probably never find one.
I shot this pic with a Pentax c-mount 16mm 1.4 wide open, it's my kit's pseudo-macro lens (only 30 dollars shipped). Could've closed it down a bit for better results, but you can hardly tell once it's been resized.
