| I beleive the 645D's developement was stopped for all the good reasons stated in the above post: medium format being too expensive, full format cameras delivering enough quality, etc etc.
Still, there are many pro with a big arsenal of 645 lenses, people that used and uses canon and Nikon, but that were with Pentax for medium format. Comparatively, there are much less pro (or, extensively, peiople willing to pay 4000 or plus dollars for a digital camera) with Pentax "K mount" lenses.
So, I believe that a full format 24x36mm, or, even better, a little larger sensor, like 30x45, could be in the work by Pentax, with a form factor similar to Canon Eos 1Ds pr Nikon D3, but with 645 bayonet, and a range of new, "cropped sensor" wide angles to lien up next the current FA 645 lenses. |