It's competitive with the competition, that's also roughly what a Canon 1DsmIII costs, and it's far more lens-limited for performance.
Mamiya's been having issues with the ZD back, mostly they can't build enough of them. For that reason, very few have made it to the US, Mamiya is oddly a bigger presence in Europe. -Adam On 3/21/08, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the Pentax 645D I assume the price tag would have been similar for > a similar imaging chip. $10K is pretty steep in its own right, and I > find it interesting that Mamiya/PhaseOne can pull it off in the > marketplace. > > Would I pay $10K for a Pentax MedF-D? > Given that I have some very nice lenses for it, I'd probably start > saving at once. By the time I'd be ready the version would probably be > 645D II or even III, but heck... :-) > > Best, > Jostein > > 2008/3/20, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Actually, the base model back is $12.5K with the body and 80mm. The > > Mamiya ZD back is about $2K cheaper. It's the 30+MP backs that are > > ridiculous. > > > > -Adam > > > > On 3/20/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sounds like it's basically a relaunch of existing systems. Those digital > backs are only around 30K. Go for it! > > > Paul > > > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > > From: AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Just received a newsletter from PhaseOne about it. > > > > > > > > Press release: > > > > http://www.phaseone.com/upload/031908_phase_one_mamiya_camera.pdf > > > > > > > > Website dedicated to the project: > > > > > > > > http://www.phaseone.com/camera/ > > > > > > > > Their business decisions are obviously different from Pentax's... > > > > > > > > Jostein > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > > > > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > -- > > M. Adam Maas > > http://www.mawz.ca > > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
