Tag Archives: Pentax 645D

Pentax 645D will start shipping on May 20th in Japan

By PR admin | Published: March 21, 2010

According to Amazon Japan, Pentax 645D will start shipping on May 20th, 2010: The price is ￥848,000 with tax (around $9370). Amazon Japan does not ship electronics to other countries (for now the 645D will be sold only in Japan). Some other sites, like JapanTrendShop.com will probably offer shipping outside Japan for a premium.

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Pentax 645D will not be sold in the US

By PR admin | Published: March 10, 2010

“Pentax has finally introduced a medium-format digital SLR. The ruggedized, outdoor-friendly 645D is compatible with Pentax 645 lenses. The Bad news? No plans as yet to sell it in the U.S.” The source is Adorama. Their source was a Pentax US rep (twitter link):

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Pentax 645D and FA 645 55mm f/2.8 AL[IF] SDM AW announced

By PR admin | Published: March 9, 2010

Read all the Pentax 645D details @ Pentax Japan and dpreview (price aprox. US $9,400). Read all the 645 55mm f/2.8 lens details @ Pentax Japan and dpreview (price aprox. US $1,100). Full press releases after the break:

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Pentax 645D will have a 40MP sensor

By PR admin | Published: March 8, 2010

DC watch reports (in English) that the upcoming Pentax 645D will have a 40MP sensor.

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Pentax 645D to be revealed on March 11, 2010

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2010

The Pentax 645D will be officially announced during the CP+ Camera and Imaging Show in Japan (March 11th-14th, 2010): Source

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Which sensor will Pentax 645D use?

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2010

At that point it is not clear which sensor will be deployed in the upcoming Pentax 645D medium format camera. My first guess few months ago was for the KAF-39000 from Kodak. The only problem is that neither of those sensors will give us the reported “1.7 times bigger than a regular full frame sensor” ratio (official information […]

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Few Pentax 645D updates

By PR admin | Published: March 2, 2010

Two new details emerged on the upcoming Pentax 645D: Dual SDHC memory card slot (ability to write concurrently or sequentially to the two different SDHC). We already knew that Pentax 645D will support SDHC cards, so this is a nice addition (via DC Watch). The new sensor size will be 1.7 times the size of a regular 35mm […]

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PMA announcements are over, Panasonic and Pentax are next

By PR admin | Published: February 25, 2010

2010 PMA show is over (see detailed report here). A lot of point and shoot cameras were released and almost nothing in the DSLR area. The stars of show, in my opinion, were the “three S”: Sony: EVIL and a700 replacement prototypes. Sigma: 5 new lenses, 2 DP cameras, the SD15 DSLR (after almost 2 years delay) plus maybe […]

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