k-x already old news ... time to get ready for the 645D
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Aiyah, so what if it is cropped... not a big deal. With so much resolution, you can crop it at just about any aspect ratio and still get enough resolution. More the issue is whether your computer can handle the large files, so for most studio users, they will want to have tethered shooting.
Actually the prototype design is quite nice...
............... damn chio ............... ;p
Actually the prototype design is quite nice...
Dennis, you are positively poisonous . . . ;p:devil:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/645nii.shtml
historical price comparison, 36% less expensive than Contax and almost 30% less than Mamiya. Of course, in a digital world...
historical price comparison, 36% less expensive than Contax and almost 30% less than Mamiya. Of course, in a digital world...
crop. oops.
erh. Sorry just noticed this, I have no idea whether it's crop. Just saying what the Mamiya is
Anyhow, I guess the question is how "cropped" it will be. It's really hard to say given that the first lens is a 55. I would have thought the first lens would be an "almost normal" - which for traditional MF (where 50mm equiv is normal) is about 80.
55 is about 35equiv assuming the sensor is traditional MF (which, btw, is about a 0.6 crop of a 35mmFF camera).
I just hope it's not a sensor just a tiny bit larger than a 35mm FF camera (e.g. such that 55mm becomes 50mm) - I'm not sure how that's ever going to sell >.<
(Well, perhaps to the people with Pentax 645 glass)
Sensor size is likely to be 36x48mm or 33x44mm, with diagonal of 55-60mm, crop factor of about 1.3 as compared to 645 film.erh. Sorry just noticed this, I have no idea whether it's crop. Just saying what the Mamiya is
Anyhow, I guess the question is how "cropped" it will be. It's really hard to say given that the first lens is a 55. I would have thought the first lens would be an "almost normal" - which for traditional MF (where 50mm equiv is normal) is about 80.
55 is about 35equiv assuming the sensor is traditional MF (which, btw, is about a 0.6 crop of a 35mmFF camera).
I just hope it's not a sensor just a tiny bit larger than a 35mm FF camera (e.g. such that 55mm becomes 50mm) - I'm not sure how that's ever going to sell >.<
(Well, perhaps to the people with Pentax 645 glass)
Yeah that's about right, the proposed sensor is about 1.3x crop factor. The focal length for the standard lens that is shown on the pre-production mock-up is 55mm as opposed to 75mm for the film version of the 645.
erh. Sorry just noticed this, I have no idea whether it's crop. Just saying what the Mamiya is
Anyhow, I guess the question is how "cropped" it will be. It's really hard to say given that the first lens is a 55. I would have thought the first lens would be an "almost normal" - which for traditional MF (where 50mm equiv is normal) is about 80.
55 is about 35equiv assuming the sensor is traditional MF (which, btw, is about a 0.6 crop of a 35mmFF camera).
I just hope it's not a sensor just a tiny bit larger than a 35mm FF camera (e.g. such that 55mm becomes 50mm) - I'm not sure how that's ever going to sell >.<
(Well, perhaps to the people with Pentax 645 glass)
if its cropped, then old 645 lenses will end up with weird focal lengths. :sweat:
http://www.pdngearguide.com/gearguide/content_display/news/e3i0d52172227325f2838abf75dfaea4790
"We've started development and the plan right now is to have it released by Spring 2010," said Neil Bunnell, president of Pentax Imaging (USA) at a press event this week ...
... Specs for the camera are also pretty scarce at this point: Pentax will only say that the new model with have 30 megapixels of resolution. In March, Pentax also announced it would release a smc PENTAX-D FA645 55mm F2.8 to go with the new 645-format camera.
LOL - still have to wait a while ... and will probably be out of reach for many of us ;p
have to say though - the mockup looks pretty fugly
Come on lah..... this was already on board way before anyone heard about the K-7, much less the K-X.....
Yes, to continue, in a digital world, the digital back costs 1-3x the body, and price increases according to megapixels in an obscene manner.
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assumption if one dun make a living out of photography, if 1 were to shoot MF film and 1 were to shoot MF digital, what is the number of shot to reach the break even point where both will incur the same cost...
number of (film cost + film processing cost + scanning cost) = digital back cost
number of (film cost + film processing cost + scanning cost) = digital back cost
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