Originally posted by RobA_Oz There’s a scenario that could be appealing to a broad range of photographers with the 645Z and a couple of its developments, which is to keep the present 645Z (assuming the sensor can continue to be had, and I think I read somewhere that it might not be) as a cheaper entry-level MF body (as they did with the 645D for a while), but provide a couple of variants: one with the higher pixel-count crop sensor plus PS and the other with a full-frame sensor. Both of the latter would benefit from the improved AF system in the K-3iii (the eye AF would be good for portraiture) and the better glass in the prism.
I see it exactly this way as well. It might even be possible to tweak the "low end" Z just a bit to make it more attractive
Quote: Whether or not their margin on sales would be attractive enough to invest in the redesign is the question, but that would involve the transition of existing systems or components to an existing and fairly capacious body, rather than ground-up design on all counts, which would have to be considerably more expensive.
Yes again. I'll add that their capacity to have 3 medium format bodies at the same time may also be a question, and then there is the matter of what sensor to put in the low end model, as it may be the existing one is no longer made. And I feel the same way about the lenses---I'd wager there are ways to improve the existing models w/o a ground up re-design, and maybe a way to make a higher end version of a couple. I've already discussed elsewhere the possibility of using the 6x7 45 as a base for a tilt-shift lens.
Quote: Of course, you can imagine more sophisticated variants with removable viewfinders, like the 67 bodies or the LX, but there’d be a lot more development involved, and I doubt there’d be sufficient of a market to justify it.
no....but worth thinking about....