With its Pentax Q compact system camera now starting to become available around the world, parent company Hoya Corp. has revealed a prototype mount adapter which would allow use of K-mount lenses on the tiny Pentax Q camera body. The tentatively-named Pentax KQ mount adapter, shown to press and public at an experience event in Osaka, doesn't provide any electronic or mechanical connectivity between lens and camera. It does however feature an aperture ring built into the adapter itself, catering to newer K-mount glass which lacks an aperture ring. Due to the extreme difference in size between a standard 35mm frame and the 1/2.3-inch...(read more)
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