Holy S---!! Pentax's medium format is only $9400!!!!
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From: RichA on 9 Mar 2010 20:52 Talk about crushing the price barrier in the medium format!! http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp
From: RichA on 10 Mar 2010 00:36 On Mar 10, 12:28 am, John A. <j...(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:52:31 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3...(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > >Talk about crushing the price barrier in the medium format!! > > >http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp > > I must admit, I was a little bit disappointed by the price; there was > a rumor it would be ~$6500USD. (Maybe whoever leaked that price was > dyslexic. ;) ) > > They are releasing it in Japan first, though, so *maybe* the US price > will come down a hair by the time it hits our shores. > > Nice that it's weather and dust sealed, though. Now at least we know low prices are possible with those big sensors which means Hasselblad, Phase, Mamiya and Leica are charging...a lot.
From: Ray Fischer on 10 Mar 2010 01:00 RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Talk about crushing the price barrier in the medium format!! > >http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp And I expect that you'll be buying one quite soon since you obviously don't want to be using some cheap 35mm format SLR with limited resolution and image quality. -- Ray Fischer rfischer(a)sonic.net
From: stephe_k on 10 Mar 2010 01:01 RichA wrote: > Talk about crushing the price barrier in the medium format!! > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp > But is a crop camera 44 x 33 mm vs 56 x 42 mm of full 645 format. Not a huge increase over 36x24mm for the price and what you lose on wide angle $$$ MF glass etc.
From: Alfred Molon on 10 Mar 2010 06:30
In article <hn7ckt$g4d$1(a)news.albasani.net>, stephe_k(a)yahoo.com says... > But is a crop camera 44 x 33 mm vs 56 x 42 mm of full 645 format. Not a > huge increase over 36x24mm for the price and what you lose on wide angle > $$$ MF glass etc. 68% more area, that is a significant increase. It's also nice to have 40MP resolution - no DSLR comes close. But what turns me off is the weight - 1480g body only, with a lens it will be > 2Kg. Not to mention that huge&heavy mirror slapping around. Why can't a make such a large sensor camera *without* the mirror? The body would be much more compact and lightweight. At 2Kg it's not really suited as a camera to carry around with you. -- Alfred Molon ------------------------------ Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/ http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site |