Mamiya churns out 33 megapixel RZ33 digital camera: yours for $18k
By Darren Murph 
posted July 7th 2010 7:06PM
posted July 7th 2010 7:06PM
posted July 7th 2010 7:06PM
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Does it play Doom?
Welcome back, funniest Diddy image EVAR!!
@killfire72
Lol
@killfire72 What do you think..
@killfire72
no word on doom support, some forums stated that this will run crysis. not bad, but I want my doom, goddamit.
I'd hate to see how much space one file takes up.
*Shudders*
@Papytendo probably 60mb? Not insane
@irfan If that were the case, that isn't too bad for a camera with 33 MP.
@Papytendo TFA says "Largest file size: 190 MB 16 bit TIFF"
@karl123
TIFF isn't a apacesaving format, on the contrary its spacewasting format.
A uncompressed RAW out of this camera would be around 66MB.
@newone
That, and 80% of medium format capture is tethered, so consumption doesn't matter much.
Hell. I carry 16gb of extreme iv for casual encounters.
When you see the price it makes you think a high end full frame canon 5d is not to bad. Especially as the canon does great video 'in bursts'!
In a camera this size and price it would be nice to include built wifi for 'cable-free' photo transfers
@RealdudePRO wifi would be painfully slow for file transfers of 60-70MB per picture.
@Papytendo It does say on the link that the highest file size is only 190 MB. So yeah, not that bad.
@Papytendo Dah, reply fail.
@Papytendo Y did you reply to yourself?
@Papytendo we understand what happened
I'll take two please.
@Creativity 34k please.
@pankomputerek
You probably mean 36k...
@Creativity : YOU mean $35,980. Plus 2% taxes. Total is: $36,699.60
Cash or check?
@Creativity
I think the best products should be the cheapest... even though it's not possible :(
why do you need 33 mp what needs that much resolution on what are you going to view it on
@racerbmw
Given sufficiently high resolution, one might be able to find punctuation in your posts.
@UnixSystemsEngineer
Sorry
Is this better?
@racerbmw I'll view it on my 30" Retina Cinema Display. When it hits. Perhaps four or more existing high-res displays arrayed together? Maybe a 4k projector IMAX style?
Or more likely print it on a billboard, a high resolution poster, a mural, or the side of a truck.
Incidentally sensors of this resolution have been around or a while. This is a price breakthrough, not a resolution breakthrough. At less than $20k, a camera like this could pay for itself in a few months of shooting just in film and processing savings. I suspect it's a bad time to be in the photo processing industry.
@UnixSystemsEngineer Brilliant!
@Jayratch they can just focus on photo printing instead of processing
@UnixSystemsEngineer But BMW AND Apple, are both terrible companies with nothing to give to anyone but idiots with too much money.
@Ignoramus
Jeez! No wonder your name is Ignoramus.
still not enough megapixels to capture real life.
@memaf ...Unless you display the image on an iPhone 4.
I had to read the article to find out about that power winder- something DSLRs usually come with.
for a hugeass poster of darth vader spanning the entire length of the empire state building wtf
Will it blend?
@TheBrizz Camera dust...don't breathe that!
Meh. "Scarlet" will probably trounce this and who would want to buy a body from a has-been Co. like Mamiya anyway. They missed the boat on digital during the transition and are just playing catchup like Hasselblad, Contax and Leica. Gimmie a solid Phase One back on a Hasselblad any day.
@wopper whats the ETA on that "Scarlet" camera again? At least Mamiya can produce multiple cameras whereas RED is trying to do too many things at once.
those 16gb CF cards ought to come in handy
If you need to charge 17 grand for a camera, you blew it!
I'm so over these high prices digital cameras. This is not 2003 anymore. Technology has leaped ahead since then. You can get a great point and shoot for 300 bucks! Come on peope, get a life!!
@camerafan and you can get a Kia for $8000. A Bentley it is not. Both get you where you are going.
@camerafan get a life? for the people using these camera... it IS their life. they more than likely cant make a living on a $300 point and shoot.
@irfan A Mamiya is probably overkill just for shooting kiddie porn in Africa with a bear. It's like eating an acorn on a hopscotch square.
mamamiya
For a few grand more I could have a RED camera that shoots awesome movies!
@ummhello The point is that it gets better stills, fool!
They could cram in 33MP worth of sensor but couldn't they just take some extra effort in beautifying this really ugly looking camera?
@joleebindoo It's built on the principle of balance. More ugly in the camera makes the subject being photographed look better.
Engadget should get this so they can have shallower depth of field on gadget close-ups.