Yes, the support system is great. You can bring the camera down to ground level and pull it in close enough for macro. I want one. I suspect the 645D is going to alter the pricing structure of MF. Marc seems to think that my happen as well. He says that a lot of pro shooters have an eye out for that. If it's a $5000 or less camera it's going to fly off the shelves. Paul On Dec 29, 2006, at 7:21 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> > On Dec 29, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> I visited my friend Marc Williams in his studio this morning. Marc >> shoots a lot of ad work as well as some very artful wedding >> portfolios. >> His equipment ranges from film Leicas (MP3, M7) to an M8, Canon >> Mark II >> DS and 5D, a Hassy with a digital back, and a Mamiya RZ67 with a >> digital back. In other words, visiting his studio is like a trip to >> the >> toy store. Here's the Mamiya RZ67 with the Leaf 33 megapixel digital >> back. In case you're in the market for one of these, the back alone >> goes for 23,000 US: >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5386311&size=lg > > Let's hope the Pentax 645D is a trifle less expensive that that. I > expect it will be, but more than around $4000 and it's well out of my > league, for the present anyway. > > I saw the Leica M8 and their version of the Panasonic L1 (can't > recall the name offhand .. digi lux 3 maybe?). I continue to be > impressed with the SLR although i don't see the benefit from buying > the red dot as opposed to the Panasonic. It's a well thought out > camera. > > Nice stuff. That support system looks neat. > > Godfrey > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
