I've used a 645DF (at a PhaseOne demo session for CaptureOne 5), it's not just a studio camera and while not as slick as the 645D, it's quite easy to use once you get the hang of it. Plenty of people shooting in the field with it too.
-Adam On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > I just read a review of the PhaseOne 645DF in Shutterbug. Aside from > being considerably more expensive than the 645D, there was an obvious > difference in the reviews of the 645D. The DF is a studio camera and > a but hard to use. > Most of the 645D reviews have a guy running outside in the rain with > the D and popping off these amazing nature shots. Price aside, Pentax > may have really nailed the Digital MF field camera. > > > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:18 AM, DagT <[email protected]> wrote: >> I had the chance to try it today when I got my K-5, and I just have to add >> one thing: The viewfinder was a dream! >> >> DagT >> http://www.thrane.name >> >> >> >> Den 6. jan. 2011 kl. 23.20 skrev AlunFoto: >> >>> Fiddled with a 645D today. Some observations: >>> >>> 1. The aperture coupler works. One can bring any lens out of its "A" >>> position, and the aperture is still reported correctly to the camera. >>> >>> 2. With extension tubes attached, exposure remains correct. Lens IDs >>> of FA and DA lenses are not reported, though. >>> >>> 3. Exposure of snow scenes is more conservative (ie a little too dark) >>> than what you find with eg. K-7. >>> >>> 4. There's no snap-in focus with manual focus lenses. This is the same >>> as for 645N/645Nii. >>> >>> 5. You will not boost your FPS by going from "single" to "multiple" >>> drive mode. :-) >>> >>> 6. There is a blessed absence of LiveView, video, and in-camera >>> post-processing presets. >>> >>> oh, and what should be the zeroth point: >>> It takes absolutely fabulous pictures, even of crappy motifs. :-) >>> >>> 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. >> > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > 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.
