After months of searching for reviews online and lurking camera stores, I finally purchased a camera to substitute my phone camera.
I have been taking pictures with my Galaxy Note. It takes great photos and offers a lot of apps for post processing.
But it:
-doesn't do well in low light
| Selfie at a night party. |
-doesn't offer any zoom power
| Jason Mraz Concert in the Philippines. I was in Upper Box A. |
-can sometimes be scary to take out because it might get snatched or something.
| A bit grainy picture of the Manila Bay post sunset. I was so scared to take out my phone I lift my bag with it |
I just knew I had to get another camera.
My first love was the Samsung Galaxy Camera having a powerful zoom with access to all the post processing apps.
But being a clumsy girl, tt was a big and awkward camera for me to hold. I almost dropped the display while trying to shoot and with one hand. Eeeks.
And then there's the price, P25,000 for a camera? Cannot be.
My second choice was the Fujifilm S2980. It was at the other end of the price range amounting to only P7,000. Image quality is not that stellar but for the price, I could live with it. Plus it offers more manual controls compared to other cameras in its price range.
The turn offs were the size (it is almost the size of a DSLR) and the AA batteries. I have doubts with regards to the power. I also find it sad because the rechargeable batteries and charger are not yet included.
My third choice was the Pentax Q. I first saw it while looking around for a camera. My initial thought was that is was a scaled down model of some camera. So I was shocked when the saleslady told me it is a working camera.
Of course, I googled it and I fell in love. It is dubbed as the world's smallest interchangeable lens camera.
According to a lot of forums and reviews, the only negative thing about it is its price. It was launched 2011 in the Philippines wih a hefty P39,000 price tag for a single lens kit. WOW.
Well, it is now only P17,000 for a two lens kit so I went ahead and bought it!
Stay tuned for my next posts on the unboxing, first impressions and features!
Your pentax q is very expensive compared to mine. Where did you buy it? I bought mine at goods.ph (https://www.goods.ph/pentax-q-camera-zoom-8305.html), last two years and I'm still using it until now. I'm thinking if I'm going to buy a canon selfie printer this December. It's cool because it's using a dye sublimation process of printing. Do you have any post about the Pentax q's accessories or plug ins? Thanks Myka =)
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