Richard Womer wrote: >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!
I read that review a few days ago and considered posting it here under the title "Rave Review of 645Z at Luminous Landscape". Seriously. The only reason I didn't is that the 645Z is so expensive it's a little irrelevant for virtually everyone here. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.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.
