Pentax debuts the 645 Digital medium-format camera
By Marc Perton 
posted March 18th 2005 2:04AM
posted March 18th 2005 2:04AM
Pentax is joining the small-but-growing number of camera-makers who produce
medium-format digitals, with the rollout of their 645
Digital at the Photo Imaging Expo in Tokyo. The camera boasts a new Kodak CCD that captures a whopping 18.6 megapixels.
No word on pricing yet, but as with other cameras in this class, if you have to ask, you should just forget about it
right now.
[Via the Digital Photography Weblog]
Might want to check those links...
Good for Pentax 645 owners who already are in that system. It means those lenses are still good invenestments. Me? I have an EOS 1Ds Mark II, and at 16.7 megapixels, I'll be able to make better photos. Why? Because 35mm lenses have to be sharper than medium format lenses. I think the 1Ds Mark II pretty much makes medium format irrelevant in their current incarnations. Having a much more flexible lens selection makes for a lot more dynamic photos. And while the Canon costs a lot, $8,000 at this point, it's a whale of a lot less than a medium format outfit.