The original release was supposed to be 18mp but last I heard it was supposed to be upped to 22mp with the option to go higher. When is the release date for the 645D now?
K.Takeshita wrote: > On 11/28/06 9:08 AM, "Kostas Kavoussanakis", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Reading between Boris's lines above (Moore's law/breakthrough), he >> seems to believe that APS-C does not have long to run and Pentax will >> supercede the limited-circle lenses with newer, FF ones. >> > > That seems to be his current thinking. > Re FF (or anything substantially larger than the current APS sized sensor), > I am sure Pentax will adopt it when it ever becomes a main stream (which > means the sensor cost becomes significantly low), but for now, it is > unlikely to happen although I have no crystal ball on that. In general, the > larger the sensor size is, the better the image quality becomes, just like > in the case of film. But 645D is probably the different beast altogether, > and I suspect that Pentax are not really viewing their 645D as an > alternative to what is called 35mm size FF digital. The file size would be > so much bigger (hey, it's 32MP or whatever!. What storage card do they use, > or do you have to drag around a laptop with large HDD? :-), requiring quite > a bit of computing power to process it, and people have to invest in the > whole new line of large and expensive lenses. With the current > proliferation of K-mount lenses, I am certain that Pentax would go FF (if > and when appropriate, but you never know. They are just watching as Nikon > seem to be doing. APS-C,H size sensors could be developed further), keeping > the current DSLR form factor, protecting the investment in the K-mount > lenses which is overwhelmingly larger than the 645 lens bases. > In the meantime, if the lenses one currently has serve the purpose, there is > no need to invest in DA's. If one bought a couple of wide angle DA's, it > will take care of most of the digital needs. While I realize some 35mm > lenses have CA, purple fringe problems etc (24mm/2.0 said to have the > problem), anything beyond 200mm (even 135mm) do not have to be "smaller > image circle" lenses. Pentax pretty much took care of the wide angle range > and I won't be surprised that more DFA lenses coming out in the future, > particularly in longer FL. This does not necessarily mean they are eyeing > at FF sensor size, but it seems that Pentax have been steadily changing ALL > lenses to digital compatibilities, taking advantage of the necessity to > scrap all lenses due to lead content issue (according to Pentax). > > Canon for example is actually slow in "digitizing" their lenses. By the > time people realizes, Pentax might actually be ahead of the game in a few > years :-). > They really seem to know what they are doing, looking far ahead down the > line. > > Ken > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
