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Too bad PENTAX no longer appears in the list of known brands and recognized the public, because this device deserves better than his business career.
The PENTAX already sells off 50% of its original price! Where is the lizard?
ANSWER:
Not only CANKONSON have eaten the market, but the MX1 leaves a taste of incompleteness. And yet it does not lack much for the case to be worthy of the podium!
To my mind, it lacks essentially a manual zoom ring. Olympus has equipped the XZ2 but Pentax has stalled, while bcp two models share common elements (joint venture?).
We can also blame a Pentax does not have worked quite recurrent optic prb (flare, chromatic aberration, distortion).
The built-in flash requires permanent adjustments to not make it look very "white cheese"!
SO WHY 4 *
Well good for everything else, which is at the leading lights of the compact market experts for the price ... of a compact.
First, optics, f1.8 / 2.5 with good sharpness of the edges in the center over the entire focal range, Accompanied
an effective stabilsation. Result, even (very) low light, the results are very good.
Especially since the 1600 iso are exploitable without a second thought (except for 100% of the hallucinated pixel mode with the magnifying glass and more permanently ....).
The folding screen is a joy with its 921k pixels and its fair and bright colorimetry wish. Obviously bcp regret the absence of an optical viewfinder. Everyone's tastes, but its absence will keep a line of very successful and instead .... finger ...!
Precisely, the design of the device calls. Love it or hate, no compromise. Good, because behind his look of "panzer tank", the machine is superb! Copper body (!?), Wide yes, but good for taking hands and sufficiently spaced buttons (and few), sweet ergonomics.
The menus are simple to manage apart qq failures (no white balance Live!), Everything is quickly accessible and functions really, but then really complétes (RGB histogamme! And true colorimetric settings)
Not too many useless gadgets, like "I transform my dog ​​goldfish" and better!
All those who detest the extension menus, full of inconsistencies incomprehensible (I know of what I speak, I had an X10, permanent migraine ...) will be delighted to learn that the MX 1 is SIMPLE to use.

And photos, then ...? Oh yes, I almost forgot ...
Frankly, as long as you give the evil refine some default settings, it goes very good to excellent, even higher than the x10, from my point of view (no, I do not work with Pentax!).

CONCLUSION: it is not the NPC that people will envy nor the best in its class (let's be honest), do not buy this camera if you do not want to keep more than 2 years ... because with his build quality, the future of its patina copper (!?) and robust feel, the craft is intended rather to the photographer who loves and takes care of his equipment and his wallet.
The MX 1 4L feels rather than the last Mini Cooper S with two-tone painted pearlescent paint ...
Still, 4L, we still see rolling ...