Originally posted by rawr But bad news for 645Z sales.
Originally posted by gazonk They need to move to FF 645 ASAP
My though too. And let the 645Z sensor pass on to the K-1 replacement, for those occasions the image circle is larger then FF. That actually happens quite often. The image circle varies with focal length, aperture and focus distance and its always the worst case combination of those factors that defines the lenses official max image circle. So if I can have a camera that in worst case only give me good FF images, and in other cases a varying degree of medium format, with K mount lenses, I would be very happy.
Originally posted by D1N0 There now is a 100mp 645 FF cmos sensor(co-developed with Sony) in the phase one XF 100MP which costs $50000,- (a lens included
). Pentax will do that once these sensors can be put in a sub $10000 system.
The $40000 Phase one camera with the same sensor as 645Z show us that its not the sensor cost that dominates their prices. Using relative pricing as an indicator I think a full frame replacement for 645Z or addition to 645Z would add somewhere between $2000 and $6000.