Abstract: Let's start with the stipulation that this won't be a formal review. It won't be a first look, and it won't be a field report.Rather, this is a report about my daily use of the 645z, which I purchased in early August, 2014 and the things that I have disco...
Abstract: Pentax 645Z Sept 4, 2014 – New In-Depth Review Now Online It was 2005 when Pentax first announced that they would be building a medium format digital camera. Unless your memory stretches back to pre-digital days you may not know that Pentax was one of the...
Published: 2014-06-20, Author: Dan , review by: pdnonline.com
Abstract: The highly anticipated Pentax 645Z medium format camera made its official debut yesterday and we got a chance to test it out at a special launch event in New York City. The Pentax 645Z is the third medium format camera to use a vaunted new 50-megapixel, 4...
Nikon's 28mm F1.4E ED appears to roundly complete the company's updated lineup of fast, professional prime lenses. We've already seen some initial images from a Nikon ambassador, but we've worked through a gallery of our own, with a lens of our own over t...
Large sensor with high pixel, count, Tilting, Live View enabled screen, Familiar control arrangement
High price compared to 35mm, Heavy, Bulky
The main aim of using a medium format camera is to produce higher quality images than is possible with a small format camera and the Pentax 645Z certainly delivers in this respect. Images have a superb amount of detail and colours are generally natural, y...
51.4-million-pixel CMOS sensor with no AA filter, Excellent value, used manual-focus 645 lenses available, Cheaper than the medium-format competition
Weighs 1,470g, AF could be a little faster
One of the best things about the 645Z is that it slowed me down. I stopped to think about what I was doing. I shot long exposures, waited patiently for insects to land on plants and made sure that my tripod was perfectly positioned.Of course, you can do a...
Published: 2014-05-27, Author: Mike , review by: pocket-lint.com
Abstract: Is there still life in medium format cameras? Pentax thinks so with the introduction of the 645Z, the second medium format model in its digital line. Replacing the 40-megapixel 645D, the 51-megapixel 645Z makes some critical changes, including a price dro...
Abstract: Medium format digital cameras used to be essentially film cameras fitted with digital camera backs that contained an image sensor.In this way, professional photographers could keep using expensive gear that can cost as much as $50,000, and not have to buy...
Abstract: Medium format digital cameras used to be essentially film cameras fitted with digital camera backs that contained an image sensor. In this way, professional photographers could keep using expensive gear that can cost as much as $50,000, and not have to b...