----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: 645D Musings
> There are times that I have wished for a larger format than 35mm and even > the formats on 120/220 film. For whatever reason - and the reasons varied > at different times - I could not see getting and using a large format > camera, even a small large format camera, like a 4x5. With the possible > coming of the 645D (or is it the D645?) I'm wondering about how great a > quality boost one could get over a K10D. Might it get reasonably close to > 4x5, assuming the Pentax implements the technology well? How about 6x9 If > the 645D won't approach these quality levels, what sort of pixel count and > sensor size - again assuming good implementation of the technology - > might? > The digital cameras seem to give an apparent quality similar to the next format up from film, but upon close inspection, the appearance falls down a bit. The lack of grain inherent in digital makes my K10 images look very similar to those from my 6x7, but close inspection reveals that the 6x7 images hold more detail than those from the K10. I would anticipate that the 645 digital will probably look remarkably like images from 645 or 6x7 film. Once you get to medium format, grain isn't much of an issue, unless you are making very large prints. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
