Pentax Q: toma de contacto
Sorpresa, curiosidad o escepticismo. Sea cual sea la reacción -y las consiguientes muecas- que provoca la nueva y minúscula Pentax Q, lo cierto es que se trata de uno de esos estrenos que obligan a desempolvar el manido tópico de que no deja indiferente a nadie. Llamada a abrir un nuevo segmento entre las compactas y los actuales sistemas sin espejo, en realidad su llegada a los escaparates no se producirá hasta el próximo mes de septiembre. Aun así, en QUESABESDE.COM no hemos querido esperar y ya le hemos echado el guante al primer modelo de preproducción que aterriza en España.Tal vez por ello, la Pentax Q es una de esas propuestas que sólo se llegan a entender del todo al tenerla entre las manos. Pese a que la unidad probada está aún lejos de ser un modelo final -nada de muestras publicables, por tanto-, este primer acercamiento sí nos permitirá descubrir de cerca todos los detalles de la cámara y responder algunas de las muchas dudas que su llegada ha generado.
Bien construida
Si la primera impresión es la que cuenta, la Pentax Q tiene una batalla ganada. Aunque nos acercamos a ella con no pocos prejuicios sobre su tamaño y construcción, lo cierto es que las fotos no le hacen justicia. Es pequeña -muy pequeña- y ligera, pero la sensación que transmite entre las manos es de un cuerpo bien rematado.
Desterrada esa idea inicial -e injusta, al parecer- que nos habíamos hecho de una cámara frágil y con demasiado plástico, algunos detalles merecen ser destacados. Además de la textura y los acabados del cuerpo, el considerable tamaño del disparador, la bayoneta metálica, la óptica estándar (un 8,5 mm f1.9 del que luego hablaremos) o el flash con dos posiciones (plegado o levantado para evitar sombras con algunas ópticas) demuestran que Pentax se ha tomado en serio este proyecto.
La pantalla de 3 pulgadas y 460.000 puntos de resolución que ocupa casi la totalidad de la parte posterior de la cámara también nos ha gustado durante estas primeras horas de convivencia. Sin ir más lejos, el hecho de poder enfocar a mano y ver al detalle el resultado en el panel, incluso sin ampliar la imagen, dice mucho de su nivel de resolución y detalle.
Es una lástima, eso sí, que la cámara no permita el uso de un visor electrónico exterior.
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Aunque, posiblemente, el dato que más debería preocupar a Pentax es que incluso las compactas de gama alta (Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 o Canon PowerShot G12, entre otras) también usan un sensor algo mayor. Así que, llegados a este punto, queda pendiente
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