Pentax MX-1 hands-on preview
Pentax has just launched a high end compact after an absence of many years:
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/pentax-mx-1/
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/pe...-preview-21012
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PROD...entax-mx1A.HTM
However,is it me or do the lens look remarkably similar?? The coatings are different but the appearance of the barrel and the specifications look identical.
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/pen...1-Xz2front.jpg
Re: Pentax MX-1 hands-on preview
If Pentax are offering Oly lenses then that's a pretty good thing :) Would still prefer the Oly XZ-2 though I expect.
Re: Pentax MX-1 hands-on preview
It seems both the lenses on the XZ1 and the MX1 have the same number of elements arranged in the same way:
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/XZ1/XZ1A.HTM
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PROD...entax-mx1A.HTM
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PROD...ZYRIGHT-LG.JPG
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PROD...ZYRIGHT-LG.JPG
I wonder if a common OEM is behind both designs?? OTH,an Olympus lens with the Pentax SMC coating does not sound too bad TBH!
Edit!!
A number of websites are listing the MX-1 as having a 1/8000 shutter speed.
Re: Pentax MX-1 hands-on preview
They look different enough to me! Bound to get some similarities.