<DREAM>I'd buy the digital version in a heartbeat</DREAM> That's what happens when you're in an active REM state <LOL>
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > Here's a page of specifications: > http://www.floatograph.com/645v.html > > It's bigger than a K10D by a healthy bit, but not so big as to be > unmanageable for hand held shooting. Kind of a lot to carry around > much, however. > >> > >> I think we discussed this at some point in the past month. Based on > >> Pentax releasing a new D-FA 55 mm lens, it looks like it will be a > >> 1.2x crop on 645 format, which means the current lens range would > >> need to be extended by one more wide to achieve the same maximum FoV > >> as the Pentax 645 35mm lens provided. > >> > >> I still have the loaner 645 system ... Really should get out and > >> shoot with it some more. > >> > >> - Overall, the 645D body looks about as bulky as the Pentax 645/645N/ > >> 645NII bodies do. > >> > >> - Pentax has always put both bottom and side tripod mounts on the 645 > >> model. This is great: I fit adapter plates for the tripod and swap > >> between vertical and horizontal without ever having to flip the > >> tripod head over. > >> > >> I like the 645 a lot. I fear the price of the 645D body might be out > >> of my pay grade, but I have it in my sights as my next digital camera > >> upgrade for whenever it might appear... > > > -- > 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

