Bill, Hope you get your K5 back and pleased that you liked the 645D.
Here's my overarching question, one that you can't probably answer authoritatively, after a one-time hands-on: Is the 645D any more than a K7 with a sensor that's closed to 3x the size? Not that it isn't appealing... I certainly see the attractiveness of even that, image quality wise. Maybe that's been the state of the camera business all along. Back in the film days (the film days) a MF body was not much more than a bigger box to hold a larger film. With digital, the analog (no pun intended), may be the body is not much more than a bigger box to hold a larger sensor. If resolution trumps all on the technical side, then given the K7's electronics, the 645D itself could prove to be quite good. At the price though, half of what I paid for my last 1-yr old vehicle, + complement of lenses... hmm. If we traded two wives in for the camera would you split it 50/50 with me? LOL. Tom ssn Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > I had an appointment yesterday to have a look at the 645D. The rep had > snagged the only one in Canada and had brought it to my local pusher. > My K5 had, by coincidence also arrived, so I paid for it and then went to > play with the 645D, leaving my bagged K5 on the counter, my K7 beside it. > If anyone is curious, the 645D is a gem. As quiet as it is, it is impossible > to hear anything else over the sound of it's awesomeness. > I got to lay with the new 55mm AF lens, as well as an older 200mm and macro > lens (both manual focus). > If Pentax can't sell every one of these cameras they make and have a waiting > list, there is something wrong with the world. > > Anyway, after playing with the 645 for long enough to realize that selling > my wife to finance one was starting to look like a viable option, I decided > that I had better quit while I was ahead. There was also other people who > wanted to look at it. > So, I handed it back to the rep and was visiting with a couple of friends, > and the counter where my cameras were sitting was being used to sell a > camera, my equipment having been moved off to the side. > The sale was completed, and the lady picked up her bagged purchases, and my > bagged K5, and off she went. By the time I noticed what had happened, she > was driving out of the parking lot. > > Now, I wasn't terribly worried, they have her name and phone number, and I > figured that she would either call the store, or perhaps call me, since the > bill of sale with my number is with the camera and that I would have my > camera in a couple of hours at most. > This happened yesterday afternoon, and as of yet, no word, no phone call. > She may not realize what she's done, but if I don't have my camera by noon > today, I am afraid I am going to have to file a police report. > My pusher did say that they would replace the thing if it didn't come back, > but these things are still rare enough on the ground that it could be a few > weeks before they get another one. > > But the 645 is very nice. > > William Robb > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
