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Pentax Q-S1 : Specifications and Opinions

Pentax Q-S1

The Pentax Q-S1 is a mirrorless camera with 1/1.7" (4.5x) sensor and 12.4 megapixels manufactured from 2014 to 2017 (discontinued). The range of sensitivities, including ISO extension, is 100 - 12800 ISO and it has a continuous shooting (burst mode) of 5 FPS. The list price, when it was announced (2014) was 349 €;

9 users have given it an average vote of 8.8 out of 10

Sensor
Format	,
Resolution	12.4 megapixel
ISO sensitivities	100 - 12800
File formats	JPEG, RAW
Esposure
Shutter speeds	30" - 1/8000
Exp. compensation	+/- 3 stops at 1/3 steps
Exp. modes	M, S, A, P, Scena
Metering modes
Features
Stabilization	Yes
Continuos shooting	5 FPS
Pre-Burst	No
Live View	Yes
Video mode	1920x1080p @ 30 FPS
WiFi	No
GPS	No
Computing Features
ND Long Exposure	No
Pixel Shift	No
Focus Stacking	No
Startrail/Composite mode	No
Astrotracer	No
Camera body and built
Touchscreen	No
LCD	3.0", 440 x 330 pixels, fixed
Viewfinder	No viewfinder
Flash	Yes, guide number 5 meters
Storage	SD, SDHC, SDXC
Storage, Slot 2	not available
Battery	Li-Ion
Weather sealing	No
Weight	203 g
Dimensions	105 x 58 x 34 mm
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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.

Samuel Melchiori

sent on September 30, 2024

Pros: Small and therefore easy to carry around, thanks to the small sensor large subjects in the photo even at relatively small reproduction ratios, with those few lenses (and original adapter) with high synchro flash leaf shutter, possibility of adapting the cinema lenses with D and C mounts.

Cons: Absence of viewfinder, absence of shutter connected to very poor sensor reading speed, fixed screen, single ring, battery charge duration, not very comfortable as a grip, RAW not developable with DxO, difficulty in finding the original adapter, obviously given the small sensor does not withstand high ISO.

Opinion: Bought after the Pentax Q system was already dead. Despite its many flaws I ended up loving this camera, I use it with 2 of its 4 main lenses (especially the 08 (wide-angle zoom) and a bit the 02 (standard zoom), in the future I would like to add the 06 (telephoto zoom) with which I can take advantage of the leaf shutter with shots up to 1/2000 of a second, then sometimes I play with old lenses in the D (which however do not all cover the sensor) and C mounts, with these adapted lenses having to use electronic shooting therefore with very slow flash sync and above all rolling shutter almost safe in case of moving subjects. The thing that interested me most about the camera, however, was the ability to magnify subjects already at relatively low RR to have a combination (with the Leitz Photar 25mm and the RMS-PK and PK-PQ adapters) for macro thrusts small and easily carried around (even in unscheduled outputs), the problem is that without the original adapter the fash sync is just 1/13 of a second making it almost unusable except on completely immobile subjects resting on the ground without flash and before finding the original adapter (sold by a Spanish user of Pentaxforum) it took me a few years, now with this combination I am very comfortable taking photos at about 2.5:1 that thanks to the small sensor make large very small organisms look like, with the original adapter I can shoot with its leaf shutter up to 1/1000 of a second with flash sync just as fast if I use the flash of the camera and 1/250 of a second if I use my flash on the hot shoe (which is an old non-P-TTL flash, I don't know if with a more modern flash it can reach 1/1000 of a second as with the built-in one).

Photos taken with Pentax Q-S1

Monica

by Effea.effea
3 comments, 1485 views

HI RES 38.0 MP

Yellow flower in early spring

by Samuel Melchiori
7 comments, 415 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Haflinger horses and the church of Avelengo

by Samuel Melchiori
5 comments, 221 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Moon

by Lucidif
0 comments, 1573 views

Cauliflower

by Samuel Melchiori
3 comments, 954 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Crocus

by Samuel Melchiori
11 comments, 545 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Slater

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 489 views

HI RES 5.0 MP

Slater

by Samuel Melchiori
2 comments, 507 views

HI RES 6.5 MP

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Collembolus

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 768 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Bee

by Samuel Melchiori
4 comments, 297 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Pauropod

by Samuel Melchiori
4 comments, 390 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Small orange mite

by Samuel Melchiori
1 comments, 380 views

Fungi

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 180 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Doves

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 549 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Swallowtail

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 418 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Mushroom and moss

by Samuel Melchiori
2 comments, 198 views

HI RES 8.9 MP

Myrobalan bloom

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 192 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Snail

by Samuel Melchiori
3 comments, 207 views

HI RES 6.6 MP

Pheidole pallidula

by Samuel Melchiori
2 comments, 226 views

HI RES 4.4 MP

Slater

by Samuel Melchiori
4 comments, 444 views

HI RES 9.0 MP

Blue dragonfly

by Samuel Melchiori
2 comments, 406 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Dragonfly

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 415 views

HI RES 10.7 MP

Slater

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 247 views

HI RES 5.1 MP

Toad

by Samuel Melchiori
4 comments, 174 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Sparrow

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 572 views

HI RES 7.1 MP

Reflections in the pond

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 182 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Mite

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 236 views

HI RES 8.6 MP

Fungi

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 209 views

HI RES 8.0 MP

Bee

by Samuel Melchiori
2 comments, 203 views

HI RES 6.5 MP

Fungi

by Samuel Melchiori
4 comments, 162 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Undergrowth

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 233 views

HI RES 5.1 MP

Pheidole pallidula

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 245 views

HI RES 10.0 MP

Slater

by Samuel Melchiori
2 comments, 250 views

HI RES 7.8 MP

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Chicory

by Samuel Melchiori
2 comments, 385 views

HI RES 9.5 MP

Fungi

by Samuel Melchiori
3 comments, 198 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Crow

by Samuel Melchiori
0 comments, 513 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

Vesce

by Samuel Melchiori
2 comments, 157 views

HI RES 12.0 MP

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