> The Pentax 645 has been around for a very long time, at least a > couple of decades. and there are a lot of 645 lenses out there. > It precedes the Contax by a very long time. > Although I don't have any 645 equipment, I imagine that someone who > has invested in that camera and format over the past 20-25 years > would be quite happy for the possibility of a digital body to mount > his/her lenses to. > > William Robb
I don't yet own any Pentax 645 equipment but I see the 645D as the long awaited "professional DSLR from Pentax" and am very interested in getting one (if comparable in price with the Canon and Kodak FF 35mm offerings). It seems that Pentax is not going to release a FF 35mm any time soon so I would need to go to an entirely new camera system in any case if I wish to get a larger than APS size sensor (considering the size of the individual pixels and the Mpix count of the sensor; my goal is low noise and high pixel count and quality). Besides, the Pentax 645 DSLR may even be smaller and lighter than the 35mm FF from Canon or Kodak... I am sure most of the people on this list will not consider the 645D as an option (because of the cost) but I see it can be very competitive with the 35mm FF DSLR's if the price is right! And, I suppose, I would not even have to mention the Pentax glass ;-). Antti-Pekka ________________________________________ Antti-Pekka Virjonen Estera Oy Turku www.estera.fi www.computec.fi
