Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The thing is the 645D is not just half priced of the S2, but that it's an alternative. In the film days, you have Leica M, and Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Pentax, Minolta etc. that were half price or less than the Leica. In the medium format digital world, you have tech cameras with the digital back like Alpa, Cambo with Leaf or Phase One back, or you have Hasselblad H or Leica S2. The Pentax 645D is just a relatively new alternative in that slowly moving world. There's nothing else. You don't buy Pentax and aspire to own an S2 one way or switch to Alpa the other. You'd buy a Pentax 645D to shoot. If I can finagled $11K, I'd buy the Pentax 645D in a heartbeat. There were some naysayers about the Epson R-D1 too, but I ended up shooting digital with my M lens since 2005 and continue to this day with the M9. If I waited, that's 10,000 less frames I have shot with the M lens. And everyone comparing the sensors see that all of the medium format sensor are far outclass the dSLR ones with little difference in between. In all come down to the camera style (tech vs. SLR) and user interface and handling. I will have to check the mirror noise though. I don't shoot wildlife generally and I certainly probably will not shoot street with a big honking 645D, so it may not matter much. All a pipe dream for now though. -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>