All good images Kris. None pie size but certainly appetizer size.

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Excellent collection of images covering a broad spectrum of life there.

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Probably nipping the left ear even?????

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Hello Ben,

Good, professional work as always.

What are your thoughts on the 645Z and could it be a tool you would consider using once its available?

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Of course it is something special, that goes without saying. As for "unsettling with loyalty to other brands" why should it?

A colleague of mine uses a D800 plus top glass for landscape only. He has said he will buy a 645Z with two lenses.

He will keep the D800. Nothing unsettling.

Others who shoot birds/wildlife with a D800 and 400, 500 or 600mm lenses are not unsettled at all as the 645Z can't compete on level terms there.

Will it widely accepted, an emphatic yes. Will I own one in 2014, yes. Having been using the 645N II quite a lot recently, the 645Z couldn't have arrived at a better time.

Do I still want a Pentax FF D, of course I do, but I do want the flash on it to be as good as my Nikon kit.

Kudos to Ricoh.

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Just seen the UK price in AP. Equivalent to $11,370.00

Well at least you'll get better support for the extra $2,870.00 whilst others get a lens or two. Maybe the UK model is higher spec?

As for a D800E:
"Is there a big difference in price between a Nikon D800E + a high quality Nikon lens and the Pentax 645Z + standard lens?"

D800E GBP2,340 + any top lens at GBP1,500 costs GBP3,840.00 as against the UK price of GBP7,700.00 for the 645Z+55mm, so its only double the price.

That's a tough call.....

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Hmmmm, it's now official.

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I hadn't seen the Ricoh Feb. roadmap and as you say, most there.

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Talk about sell your house and buy buy buy! IMO, an unprecedented launch of such a full range of glass. link

New lenses are already listed with prices on the B&H website:


•Pentax smc FA 45mm f/2.8
•Pentax smc FA 645 120mm f/4 Macro
•Pentax smc FA 645 150-300mm f/5.6 ED IF
•Pentax smc FA 645 150mm f/2.8 IF
•Pentax smc FA 645 200mm f/4 IF
•Pentax smc FA 645 300mm f/5.6 ED IF
•Pentax smc FA 645 33-55mm f/4.5 AL
•Pentax smc FA 645 35mmf/3.5 AL IF
•Pentax smc FA 645 400mm f/5.6 ED IF
•Pentax smc FA 645 45-85mm f/4.5
•Pentax smc FA 645 55-110mm f/5.6
•Pentax smc FA 645 80-160mm f/4.5
•Pentax smc FA 75mm f/2.8

The bottom should be about to fall out of Hasselblad’s share price.