I'm an outlier then. Wouldn't be the first time. :) I bought the 645Z and the two available non-screwdrive lenses, as I much prefer those. I also prefer lenses developed specifically for digital. Sure it almost doubled the body cost, but it's still _way_ cheaper than any other digital medium format camera system available. And those two lenses cover almost all my shooting requirements too.
There's a third SDM lens actually: the 25mm. If I ever decide I need a 20mm-e wide angle, I'll go for it, though looks like I'd have to buy a used one as they were discontinued. You have a point though, Stan. Taken. On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to disagree with both of you on this point. The 645D and 645Z would > have had virtually no market as a camera body on its own. It takes lenses to > complement the body to create a camera “system.” Without screw-drive focusing > (and thus compatibility with two handfuls of prime and zoom FA-series > lenses), a buyer would have had only 1 or 2 available lenses, and those at a > cost that would have doubled the cost of the 645 digital camera system. Yeah > sure, there are at least as many 645 A-series lenses out there, but lenses > that are manual-focus only are so last century! And only for the young with > good vision. And those aforementioned youngsters with good vision are less > likely to have the financial capacity for a digital 645 camera system. > Without backward compatibility the Pentax 645 digital bodies would not have > happened. > > stan > >> On Sep 24, 2015, at 10:53 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Bruce Walker wrote: >> >>> Even the 645Z has screwdrive AF. If anything could have stood a >>> compatibility removal, it's that. >> >> Yep. >> >> -- >> 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
