645D Fully Functional

If you haven't heard, the Pentax 645D was shown at the Tokyo Photo Show and was a working fully functional model...September looks good to me..

Ben

Thanks. Great news. Any suggestions as to price?

G

Do you mean the PIE? That only started today so it would have been tough for us non insiders to know about that yet. No mention of the 645D anywhere with regard to the PIE that I have seen.

Translate to english please !
TLA is a three letter acronym too, but most people know about that one. PIE? No comprendo.

PIE? TLA? OP? etc (I know that one!)
What we need is a sticky with all the translations - me no comprendo either

PIE: Pentax In Europe ...

PIE = Pentax In Europe (apparantly, should've guessed )
PIE = Photo Imaging Expo (possibly)
TLA = Three Letter Acronym
OP = Original Poster
FWIW = For What It's Worth
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
AFAIR = As Far As I Remember/Recall

Most Of It = Geek Speak

As I have stated in an earlier post, I was told a four and not a five figure number. But, don't shoot the messenger...

Ben,

Is this a full redesigned sustem or just the embodiment of the 'mock-up' which looked to be simply the 645 with an LCD on the back.

If Pentax have actually designed an medium format digital system with interchangeable viewfinders and some 'out of the box' thinking then it could do really well as the pro market is crying out for a cost effective sytem to challenge 'Blad H3' and the non-existent Mamiya ZD.

If this IS just the 645 with sensor then it's ho-hum as usual.....

The 6 x 4.5 format is a pig to use for much pro work as the camera is awkward on tripod,..this is the biggest pro criticism of 'blad H3',..they should not have dumped the 'V' system for the 'plastic wonder'

Fortunately the 'Hy6' is coming, and after a couple of decades might be within my reach,...provided my long white beard does'nt get in the way of the viewfinder.....

Are you saying that you would like to see a rotating back (or sensor) so that you can go from portrait to landscape without moving the camera?

And are there any other innovations/changes that you would like to see?

I like to think Pentax is going to price this camera very competitively, in which case they are really going to be on a roll, given the success of the K models.

Much will depend on how much they are paying Kodak for the sensor. We just have to hope that Kodak has one economist left on the payroll to remind the sales people of the relationship between price and demand.

G

PIE = photo imaging expo.

mmmm pie

did someone say pie?javascript:emoticon('')

YES!!!!!!

Rotating back! That's why I bought the RB67, and I'd LOVE to see a 645D with a revolving back. That way, you can put it on a tripod and not have to go through contortions to get vertical photos!

Get straight advice from an economist
On the one hand.............. then again, on the other hand................