nikon d800 is much cheaper, why exclude it? D3x has advantages mostly in very specific realms of high-end sports photography, which definitely isn't a medium format's forte anyway. Only the size and price realy compare, but if you really want something big, well, just buy a mamiya rb67 and save a ton.
Leica monochrome is just an expensive and very specialty item. Don't see why compare. All that aside, the z is definitely super cheap compared to even the past generation of mf solutions, but why not compare it to the d800, which is almost as good at everything it does, at a third of the price. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > If I felt a strong need for a large sensor camera I'd go for the 8.5K 645Z > over a Nikon D3x, which is 7K. And it's only $500 more than a Leica > monochrome. > > Not a bad price for a medium format DSLR. A slam dunk vs. the above. > > Paul > On Jul 7, 2014, at 4:22 PM, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote: > >> Richard Womer wrote: >> >>> Aw, c'mon guys, lighten up! The reviewers criticize the green button >>> and the video, and wonder about the trade-offs of size, price, and >>> performance compared to smaller cameras (esp. 24x36). They also say >>> (just going quickly through the review): >>> >>> "But we have to put these relatively minor critiques in context: the >>> 645Z is light-years ahead of any other MF-class camera, and frankly >>> better than just about all of the FF 35mm machines in user interface." >>> >>> "It's almost like an actual photographer was involved in the design. >>> Revolutionary." >>> >>> "The files off the "Z" are superb." >>> >>> "Here's the kicker......the 21MP, 'lowest' quality jpegs were, >>> on-screen, just amazing. Converted to B&W, and tweaked quite a bit in >>> LR, they are gorgeous." "All of this comes in the context of a camera >>> with amazing high ISO capabilities. CCDs simply cannot compete on >>> that front at all. "Bottom line is superb IQ. " >>> >>> "The "Z" is a real working pro's field camera in every sense. It's a >>> camera that's almost never annoying to use, and will no doubt be a >>> trusty companion for years of use. I suspect the people who buy them >>> will grow to love them." >>> >>> "The Pentax 645D may well have the best high ISO performance of any >>> camera to date (including the Sony A7s), and with little doubt has the >>> lowest noise high ISO performance of any medium format camera, >>> including as best we can tell that of the Phase One and Hasselblads >>> that use the same sensor." >>> >>> " It's a world-class image-maker in every regard, and the fullest >>> realization of the dream of a 35mm quality MF camera." >>> >>> We all need negative, nitpicking reviews like that! >> >> I read that review a few days ago and considered posting it here under >> the title "Rave Review of 645Z at Luminous Landscape". Seriously. >> >> The only reason I didn't is that the 645Z is so expensive it's a >> little irrelevant for virtually everyone here. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >> www.robertstech.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
