Aw, c'mon guys, lighten up! The reviewers criticize the green button and the video, and wonder about the trade-offs of size, price, and performance compared to smaller cameras (esp. 24x36). They also say (just going quickly through the review):
"But we have to put these relatively minor critiques in context: the 645Z is light-years ahead of any other MF-class camera, and frankly better than just about all of the FF 35mm machines in user interface." "It's almost like an actual photographer was involved in the design. Revolutionary." "The files off the "Z" are superb." "Here's the kicker......the 21MP, 'lowest' quality jpegs were, on-screen, just amazing. Converted to B&W, and tweaked quite a bit in LR, they are gorgeous." "All of this comes in the context of a camera with amazing high ISO capabilities. CCDs simply cannot compete on that front at all. "Bottom line is superb IQ. " "The "Z" is a real working pro's field camera in every sense. It's a camera that's almost never annoying to use, and will no doubt be a trusty companion for years of use. I suspect the people who buy them will grow to love them." "The Pentax 645D may well have the best high ISO performance of any camera to date (including the Sony A7s), and with little doubt has the lowest noise high ISO performance of any medium format camera, including as best we can tell that of the Phase One and Hasselblads that use the same sensor." " It's a world-class image-maker in every regard, and the fullest realization of the dream of a 35mm quality MF camera." We all need negative, nitpicking reviews like that! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > Bitching about the green button and auto iso? Really? Seems like they > had to find things to nitpick. You can set the green button to toggle > auto iso, but I guess they didn't realize that. The interface is > pretty damned customizable. > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> An aggravated, uninspired reluctant literal utterance that simply reflects >> his frustration at failing to produce a negative review. >> >> J >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "P.J. Alling" <[email protected]> >> To: "PDML" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, July 7, 2014 8:25:05 AM >> Subject: The Luminous Landscape previews 645Z >> >> In which after deciding it's pretty good, the author says since I don't >> really need it, probably no one else does... Is it me or is every >> photography news blog becoming Kennyboy's? >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
