Pentax MX-1 Handson Review

[fengwei]

Here came to the most fun part, break the piñata (candy box). This time instead of breaking it w/ a bat, the kids had to pull the strings together to get the candis out:



It's pretty hard to get all the kids inline w/o some of them pulling the strings earlier:



Now! Grab as many as you can:



The trophy:

[fengwei]

A couple of quick snaps at the Bird Show:





Here is a 100% crop of the above one:

[fengwei]

Our National Flower at the Gate:



And I'll end w/ two birds photos:

[fengwei]

Some post process might be overly done 'cause I used some pre-defined Actions in Photshop CS6, which were meant for my dSLR RAW files. Anyway, hope you guys like these.

[airconvent]

Wonderful shots Fengwei.
Phenomenal bokeh from a compact lens!

[oceanpriest]

Wow fengwei, great shots, almost dslr quality, at this size really can't tell the differences!

[ageha]

After the trip to the Botanic Garden, we brought the kids to their favorite restaurant: The Pizza Hut. This time we tried their new pizza (can't remember its name):

It looked good, tasted fanstastic too:

And of course the Kids' favorite: the Hawaiian Pizza:

Can't leave w/o my son's favorite cheesy beefball:

Well, the elder sis did all the poses, the younger brother wasn't very happy:

Pizza Hut is definitely not a restaurant!

[fengwei]

Thanks Richard and Oceanpriest

Pizza Hut is definitely not a restaurant!

From Wikipedia:

Pizza Hut (corporately known as Pizza Hut, Inc.) is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including salad, pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread.

[PhilipKr35]

Wonderful shots Fengwei.
Phenomenal bokeh from a compact lens!

I have not seen Bokeh that Great and round in a compact point & shoot, actually i doubt there is a compact that produced Bokeh. Nice photos, thanks Fengwei.

Maybe over next few photos could you take some w evening shots, outdoor and indoor?

[airconvent]

I have not seen Bokeh that Great and round in a compact point & shoot, actually i doubt there is a compact that produced Bokeh. Nice photos, thanks Fengwei.

Maybe over next few photos could you take some w evening shots, outdoor and indoor?

Bokeh needs a fast lens. Not something that can be easily done within the size limitation of compacts. The MX-1 is big enough to allow the inclusion of a bigger sensor and the required elements to make this happen. One or 2 compacts has done this previously but never in such a sexy body

[ageha]

Bokeh needs a fast lens. Not something that can be easily done within the size limitation of compacts. The MX-1 is big enough to allow the inclusion of a bigger sensor and the required elements to make this happen. One or 2 compacts has done this previously but never in such a sexy body

Haha, nice one!

[pinholecam]

Fengwei, thanks for the initial impressions.

It does seem that the MX-1 is very flexible with a fast zoom lens.
Nice bokeh too for a compact (ie. not just shallow DOF, but bokeh).

[fengwei]

Thanks guys for your comments. Yes, it's indeed a very nice and versatile camera. I played LX7 and XZ-2 briefly, I feel the MX-1 takes better photos than the LX7 (other than the 24mm wide end on this one), on par of XZ-2 if not better. Low light performance is pretty good for such a small camera.

[xsaifuddin]

Does it have a snap focus? Seems like a great upgrade from my Ricoh grd3!

[canbedone]

is the size same or bigger than Pentax Q10?

[ageha]

is the size same or bigger than Pentax Q10?

At least the sensor is bigger. Saw it today at TK for $690, looked cool.

[JohnTaylor]

Hi Fengwai,

I was wondering if the post processing affected the bokeh- the bokeh looks quite nice, especially for a compact- Would I see this quality if it was just straight from the camera?

[fengwei]

Hi Fengwai,

I was wondering if the post processing affected the bokeh- the bokeh looks quite nice, especially for a compact- Would I see this quality if it was just straight from the camera?

I didn't do anything on the bokeh. Other than some usual adjustment (level/curve) then resize w/ abit sharpening, I haven't done much processing on these photos. Actually I never like to do a lot post process other than these.

[PhilipKr35]

Someone posted a review saying MX-1 can take panaroma shots in camera? Is it true ?
http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/...amera-Any-good

[ageha]

Someone posted a review saying MX-1 can take panaroma shots in camera? Is it true ?
Pentax MX-1, a high end point and shoot camera, Any good?

Ops, I didn't know companies still release cameras which can't do that...