Originally posted by Leumas
Well if Pentax is still truly in the MF game. I suspect a FF 645 will be needed to compete. Even if it's less than 100MP, a FF 645 would be great!!
Well, yes, it would be----and the lens lineup would mean advantage, Pentax (I think too much is made of the "new glass" argument that the older lenses can't resolve well enough to get the most out of the sensor...).
But....here's a direct question to everyone, all current Z users, including me, and you, too, Leumas. How much could you pay for one? I'd have a lot of trouble right now paying more than $6Kusd right now. If I could get rid of some debt, or get a business loan, maybe I could get up to $10Kusd. But if the FF 645 was much more than that, I'd be out of the game.
And then....how about pushing those files around? In the camera and after. Surely you'd need a new computer. I have to give my clients 16 bit TIFFS, and for some of the most serious work full size ones at that. In the camera FF 645 raws are going to need quite a processing boost to just stay equal with the Z's speed now; PS would take forever, probably; IBIS will be much harder; video would be literally hot, and so very short clips. So, it's nice to dream about FF645, and I do, but what would the reality mean?
I guess maybe a FF645 with a crop mode to do some things might work....