The 645 is a special case because it is a completely different lens line. That camera body is worth buying JUST for the 25mm f4 (if one has the means to do so). If I were filthy rich I would have a 645D and THAT lens alone.
There have been rumblings of Canon going into the Medium Format camera (and lens) business, which would be rather surprising if it were a losing proposition. As far as I know, there IS NO existing base of Canon 645 lens owners out there to draw body sales from (such as Pentax enjoys). I expect a refresh of the 645D body, at some point in the not too distant future. On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:10 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm betting Sony, the Samsung disaster is thankfully it the misty past only > remembered as a vague myth. Electronics years pass so quickly. > > Really, I expected a 24mp sensor, to make hardware development on a FF > camera using a sensor in the same family as the Sony A99 and Nikon D600 > easier. As 'tis the only FF ~20mp sensor close to 24s36mm is from Canon, > which seems like an unlikely choice for a Pentax FF camera. So I don't > expect a Pentax FF K mount till at least next year if ever. > > Now the question is will Ricoh actually do an update of the 645D, as it > falls further behind the competition, and is challenged from below by > Canon's, Nikon's and Sony's* main stream 35mm format offerings. > > *Maybe Sony, not so much. > > > On 9/20/2013 12:10 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> You may not have seen my comment in another thread, but I noted that >> the first credible sounding rumor was posted on the dpreview Pentax >> SLR forum, allegedly coming from the Philippines factory. The word was >> APS-C, 20MP, and dual card slots. To be announced in October. >> >> If it is 20MP, I wonder if they went with Sony or Samsung sensor. >> Neither one seems to outperform the K-5/II/IIs sensor in dynamic range >> (but you do get more megapixels). I don't know if Pentax just NEEDS to >> go in incremental upgrades to give them more "room", but I would >> really be expecting it to be 24MP and the same sensor used in the >> NEX7. Regardless, I'll be sitting pat with the K-5II for a long while, >> I think. >> >> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 3030 >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:57 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> 2525 >>>> >>>> >>>> On 9/20/2013 7:09 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >>>>> >>>>> What year? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: Tanya Love <[email protected]> >>>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>>> Cc: >>>>> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 2:12 AM >>>>> Subject: You didn't hear it from me... >>>>> >>>>> But, K3 - October. >>>>> >>>>> That's all I'm saying... :-) >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> >> > > > -- > A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the > crazy, crazier. > > - H.L.Mencken > > > -- > 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. -- Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
