Greetings, folks. After years of hearing about this list from its members who are on other lists in which I participate, and after realizing that a high percentage of my film photography uses Pentax equipment, I've finally joined.
I'm an amateur photographer with former professional experience and about 35 years of practice, not necessarily doing the right things. I've have everything from a Canonet 28 to 4.5 Cambo. My digital work is done using SOB (some other brand--Canon), but most of my film work is done using either a 645N, 645NII, or a 6x7. I also have a modest collection of ex-Soviet stuff just for fun, and frequently use the better of the lenses for that system on my 645 with an adapter. I also have some old and now retire Mamiya and Rolleiflex TLR's. I live in Northern Virginia after growing up in Texas. Whatever I might have earned by introducing myself will now be dashed by asking a question that I'm sure has been discussed to death. But searching the archives seems to be quite difficult in that one must do a lot of downloading, etc. So, I'll just ask it and beg for forbearance. What is the latest scuttlebutt on a Digital 645? The latest I heard, from my dealer but not seen in print anywhere, is that they are re-engineering it with a 31MP sensor. I have also heard that it will be offered in Japan only and not North America. I'm holding off on buying a new digital camera and have been waiting for this one for a long time, and though I believe a larger sensor in a 645 body would provide superior image quality to anything in a 24x36 or smaller format, I'm starting to lose heart. A link to something specific in the archives would be appreciated if you don't want to rehash. Rick "itchy fingers" Denney --- 645 and 6x7 user -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
