His reviews of pentax gear are generally pretty glowing. He even really seemed to like the mx-1. I wouldn't be too hard on the guy. His field test of the 645Z was pretty interesting, especially the video portion. Looks like pentax still has a way to go before the 645 would become an adequate video camera in the hands of pros.
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > I'm on a budget, so I'll definitely choose to not be able to afford the > Pentax at only $10,000 rather than not having $40,000 to spend on the > Mamiya. > > > Darren Addy wrote: >> >> Piggybacking on Bruce's post, you may have seen that the new Mamiya >> medium format back/camera was announced today: >> http://www.mamiyaleaf.com/credo50.html >> >> It is the same sensor found in the Pentax 645D, but at a price of >> nearly 4x. For the same moola I would hazard to suggest that if you >> have Mamiya 645 glass you could sell it, pick up some Pentax 645 glass >> and the 645z and still have enough left over for a nice photo safari >> to a distant land where you could put the 645z to WORK. >> >> Oh, also? Instead of the Mamiya's 100-6400 ISO you could get the >> 645z's ISO Sensitivity Range of 100 - 204,800. (And they have the guts >> to call theirs a " high iso single-shot capture device". Both feature >> a 3.2" LCD. The 645z can capture JPEGs at 3 FPS and the Mamiya only >> 1.2 (though it doesn't specify if that is RAW or JPEG). >> >> Crikey. >> >> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Bruce Walker<bruce.wal...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Has a few wild rants, eg suggesting that Nikons don't have modal >>> dials, but decides image quality may in fact be worth it. >>> >>> >>> http://www.thecamerastore.com/blog/average-normal-photographer-review-of-the-ricoh-pentax-645z.aspx >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
