On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Timbah! <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems like the Pentax 645D has a strong competitor: > http://www.photographyblog.com/news/mamiya_dl33/ > > If I remember right the 645D is priced around the same range (20K USD) and > Mamiya already present at the MF DSLR market it might have a strong impact > on P645D... > > Just my two cents, > .t >
Mamiya's had a presence in the MF DSLR market for quite a while. They sold the only integrated MF DSLR (the Mamiya ZD) for a couple years, it was an abject failure and they currently sell their own ZDb 22MP back and partner with PhaseOne (the PhaseOne 645 is a Mamiya 645AFDIII with different logos). They're also the only current supplier of non-vendor locked bodies with digital interfacing (The Hassy H3 series bodies only support Hassy backs and the H2 Film and 503CXD lack any dedicated body/back communication beyond sync, the Hy6 is dead along with the rest of Rollei) in the 645AFDIII/PO645 body. In addition Mamiya America Corporation, which is independent, partners with Leaf, selling bundles with Leaf backs. The DL28 and DL33 are MAC bundles with Leaf backs and are not actually official Mamiya packages. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
