My hunch is that the guts are already from a K10D - just a bigger sensor. If you look at the previous 645's they have resembled other 35mm Pentax bodies in function and feature - the Super Program, the ZX-5n and so forth.
-- Bruce Wednesday, June 6, 2007, 1:38:17 PM, you wrote: TC> If it were me, assuming that a reasonable profit margin could be realized, TC> I'd revamp the 645D guts and put them in a K10D style body and attempt to TC> sell a high end DSLR that uses regular K-mount lenses. I would guess that TC> there's a larger potential customer base for that than for a 645D. TC> Tom C. >>From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: 22 MPix digital MF under 10000$ >>Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:49:59 -0400 >> >>Actually the assumption is that the 645D is canceled, based on what I'd >>call Pentax's "Wiggle on the Hook" plan. We really don't know anything >>yet. >> >>Christian wrote: >> > Wilko Bulte wrote: >> > >> >> On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 01:04:41PM +0200, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote.. >> >> >> >>> Yes, it is reality, with stanrard lens: >> >>> http://www.mamiya.com/cameras.asp?id=1&id2=2281 >> >>> I think we can be sure that integrated Pentax 645D using similar >> >>> sized CCD would be even cheaper... Now if only Hoya would allow >> >>> Pentax team to release 645D... >> >>> >> >> Assuming the 645D is ready for volume production. Do we know that for >> >> a fact? >> >> >> >> Wilko >> >> >> >> >> > >> > Umm, news is that the 645D has been canceled. >> > >> > >> >> >>-- >>All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. >> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
