nicolas claris
OPF Co-founder/Administrator
Hi there
Yes! A 40 megapixels medium format camera!
With our continuous aim to provide high end photography to our clients, we have invested in a medium format camera.
We have selected the award winning new Pentax:
- TIPA AWARDS 2011: Best D-SLR Professional camera
- Camera Grand Prix 2011 "Camera of the Year" (Tokyo June 1st, 2011)
together with its bundled smc D-FA 645 55mm f/2.8 (24x36 roughly equivalent to 44 mm), the absolutely new Pentax smc D-FA 645 25mm f/4 (24x36 roughly equivalent to 20 mm)and the smc FA 645 80-160mm f4.5 (24x36 roughly equivalent to 130 mm).
The* Pentax 645D Image size (44 x 33mm CCD sensor -* 7264x5440 pixels!) is a very important factor in advanced photography: the larger the image size, the more faithfully the ambience and sense of depth can be described, resulting in colour-rich, fine-detailed images.
For now, with its long focal lenses (70/200 to 500 mm), our Canon EOS 1DS3 remains the king!
Both these cameras will be used for our next shooting in Saint-Martin at the end of January (as a consequence, no Dusseldorf Boot Messe for us this year.)
I may have preferred the Leica or the Phase 645 40+ but can't afford these cameras…
The short tests I have run with the Pentax let me think it will provide me (and my clients…) lots of satisfaction!
If it happens to get some interest here in OPF, I might post from time to time my findings and some sample shots of this already beloved camera!
Yes! A 40 megapixels medium format camera!
With our continuous aim to provide high end photography to our clients, we have invested in a medium format camera.
We have selected the award winning new Pentax:
- TIPA AWARDS 2011: Best D-SLR Professional camera
- Camera Grand Prix 2011 "Camera of the Year" (Tokyo June 1st, 2011)
together with its bundled smc D-FA 645 55mm f/2.8 (24x36 roughly equivalent to 44 mm), the absolutely new Pentax smc D-FA 645 25mm f/4 (24x36 roughly equivalent to 20 mm)and the smc FA 645 80-160mm f4.5 (24x36 roughly equivalent to 130 mm).
The* Pentax 645D Image size (44 x 33mm CCD sensor -* 7264x5440 pixels!) is a very important factor in advanced photography: the larger the image size, the more faithfully the ambience and sense of depth can be described, resulting in colour-rich, fine-detailed images.
For now, with its long focal lenses (70/200 to 500 mm), our Canon EOS 1DS3 remains the king!
Both these cameras will be used for our next shooting in Saint-Martin at the end of January (as a consequence, no Dusseldorf Boot Messe for us this year.)
I may have preferred the Leica or the Phase 645 40+ but can't afford these cameras…
The short tests I have run with the Pentax let me think it will provide me (and my clients…) lots of satisfaction!
If it happens to get some interest here in OPF, I might post from time to time my findings and some sample shots of this already beloved camera!