Darren, any idea why they discontinued the 25mm? Seems like the entirely wrong thing to do considering how few new lenses there are for the 645d/z system. Did it prove to be not cost-effective to manufacture?
On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm sure that a lot of people also bought the Pentax 645d/z system who > never owned legacy lenses. This is because Pentax really lowered the > price of entry to a medium format body over the competition. > > That 25mm is the lens I would lust after the most for my supercell > photography. WOW what I couldn't do with that. > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 8:34 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm an outlier then. Wouldn't be the first time. :) >> >> I bought the 645Z and the two available non-screwdrive lenses, as I >> much prefer those. I also prefer lenses developed specifically for >> digital. Sure it almost doubled the body cost, but it's still _way_ >> cheaper than any other digital medium format camera system available. >> And those two lenses cover almost all my shooting requirements too. >> >> There's a third SDM lens actually: the 25mm. If I ever decide I need a >> 20mm-e wide angle, I'll go for it, though looks like I'd have to buy a >> used one as they were discontinued. >> >> You have a point though, Stan. Taken. >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Stanley Halpin >> <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: >>> I have to disagree with both of you on this point. The 645D and 645Z would >>> have had virtually no market as a camera body on its own. It takes lenses >>> to complement the body to create a camera “system.” Without screw-drive >>> focusing (and thus compatibility with two handfuls of prime and zoom >>> FA-series lenses), a buyer would have had only 1 or 2 available lenses, and >>> those at a cost that would have doubled the cost of the 645 digital camera >>> system. Yeah sure, there are at least as many 645 A-series lenses out >>> there, but lenses that are manual-focus only are so last century! And only >>> for the young with good vision. And those aforementioned youngsters with >>> good vision are less likely to have the financial capacity for a digital >>> 645 camera system. Without backward compatibility the Pentax 645 digital >>> bodies would not have happened. >>> >>> stan >>> >>>> On Sep 24, 2015, at 10:53 PM, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> >>>>> Even the 645Z has screwdrive AF. If anything could have stood a >>>>> compatibility removal, it's that. >>>> >>>> Yep. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >>>> www.robertstech.com >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> -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. > > > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > 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. -- -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.
