Pentax Ricoh Imaging Co. has released new firmware for its Pentax Q compact system camera, as well as for two of its Q-mount lens models. Announced back in June, the Pentax Q is the world's smallest interchangeable-lens digital camera, and like other compact system camera models, forgoes the requirement for a bulky reflex mirror box by forgoing a through-the-lens optical viewfinder. The Q is based around 1/2.3"-type CMOS image sensor that's much smaller than the Micro Four Thirds and APS-C sized sensors in competing models from the likes of Olympus, Panasonic, Samsung, and Sony, but which...
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