Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/12

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Subject: [Leica] Pentax 645
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:13:59 -0700
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It's the BIG News earlier this year. However, there are some hints that the
images may not be "great?" Regardless, certainly something to consider for
anyone who is looking for a big honking system like the top end Nikon, Canon
etc.

S2 wannabes will want a S2 of course :-)


On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Where can I see this?  Dpreview shows Pentax announced a digital 645 in
> March 2005
>
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The US launch of the Pentax 645 was announced today.  It's half the
> > price of an S2 and has a slightly bigger sensor.  The body is weather
> > sealed and the sensor has automatic vibrational cleaning.  It will be
> > interesting to see where these two cameras go.  I was never able to
> > get an S2 to test other than very casually, but I tried the Pentax and
> > it is very, very impressive.  Good times to be buying a MF digital
> > camera.
> >
> > Marty
> >
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>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
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> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>
> USA
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