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From: stephe_k on 10 Mar 2010 01:01 RichA wrote: > Talk about crushing the price barrier in the medium format!! > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp > But is a crop camera 44 x 33 mm vs 56 x 42 mm of full 645 format. Not a huge increase over 36x24mm for the price and what you lose on wide angle $$$ MF glass etc.
From: Ray Fischer on 10 Mar 2010 01:13 stephe_k(a)yahoo.com <stephe_k(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >Me wrote: >> >> The Mamiya ZD was eventually offered at about that price (<$10k for a >> kit), but still didn't sell. "Only" 22mp, but that was a couple of >> years ago now. > >I get so sick of all the MP hype. I've shot with 5MP cameras that image >quality wise blow away 12MP models but of course people "buy based on >MP" just like they bought computers based on processor clock speed. And this new Pentax actually has a higher pixel density than does the Canon 5DII (about 2.7MP/cm2). Will the image quality be as good? We'll see. I doubt that Kodak has as much experience getting the best quality from sensors as do Nikon and Canon. -- Ray Fischer rfischer(a)sonic.net
From: stephe_k on 10 Mar 2010 02:31 Ray Fischer wrote: > stephe_k(a)yahoo.com <stephe_k(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> Me wrote: >>> The Mamiya ZD was eventually offered at about that price (<$10k for a >>> kit), but still didn't sell. "Only" 22mp, but that was a couple of >>> years ago now. >> I get so sick of all the MP hype. I've shot with 5MP cameras that image >> quality wise blow away 12MP models but of course people "buy based on >> MP" just like they bought computers based on processor clock speed. > > And this new Pentax actually has a higher pixel density than does the > Canon 5DII (about 2.7MP/cm2). Will the image quality be as good? We'll > see. I doubt that Kodak has as much experience getting the best > quality from sensors as do Nikon and Canon. > I just wonder if we are going to see an end to this MP race. I wish instead of increasing MP they would just focus on IQ and noise etc. But they probably know if they don't increase the MP, idiot consumers wouldn't "upgrade". Stephanie
From: Alfred Molon on 10 Mar 2010 06:30 In article <hn7ckt$g4d$1(a)news.albasani.net>, stephe_k(a)yahoo.com says... > But is a crop camera 44 x 33 mm vs 56 x 42 mm of full 645 format. Not a > huge increase over 36x24mm for the price and what you lose on wide angle > $$$ MF glass etc. 68% more area, that is a significant increase. It's also nice to have 40MP resolution - no DSLR comes close. But what turns me off is the weight - 1480g body only, with a lens it will be > 2Kg. Not to mention that huge&heavy mirror slapping around. Why can't a make such a large sensor camera *without* the mirror? The body would be much more compact and lightweight. At 2Kg it's not really suited as a camera to carry around with you. -- Alfred Molon ------------------------------ Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/ http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site
From: Neil Ellwood on 10 Mar 2010 07:06
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:52:31 -0800, RichA wrote: > Talk about crushing the price barrier in the medium format!! > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp So it isn't really a 645 but just a cropped sensor. -- neil Reverse 'r' + 'a' and remove 'l'. Linux counter 335851 |