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PhaseOne unveils a new 645AF camera!

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Posted by Jerry Greer on March 19, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Awesome! Mamiya lives with the help of PhaseOne! I only wish I had about $40,000 to spend on a new 645AF and a P45 back. :toast:


http://www.phaseone.com/Global/newsletters/rawnewsplus002b.aspx
Posted by David Bostedo on March 19, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Awww...c'mon Jerry. With your photos, it would only take a couple to pay for it, right? OK, maybe it should only take that many. :biggrin:

Michael Reichmann has a preview of the new body posted at the Luminous Landscape. And he's promised a review once he gets his hands on one. The preview also contains an interesting little back story on the medium format digital world.
Posted by Danny on March 19, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Yes a very interesting read for sure. Talk about egg on ones face :cool: :biggrin: Fascinating.

Danny.
Posted by Prashant Khapane on March 20, 2008 at 4:04 AM
Yes, but the way prices of digital stuff going down one should hold on to the 'Mamiya' gear for sure.
Posted by Prashant Khapane on March 20, 2008 at 4:51 AM
I think for landscape/studio photographers who already own mamiya gear this is a good news. I mean a back like P20 will produce better results than equivalent MPs cramped on a smaller sensor, no?
Posted by David Bostedo on March 20, 2008 at 9:36 AM
Prashant - That's true if the quality of the pixels (i.e. the technology and research behind them) are equivalent. In the case of some of the older or lower MP medium format backs, I doubt that's the case. I would guess (just guess, mind you) that a 25 MP Phase One back wouldn't produce much better image than a 1Ds MkIII. If you're interested, here's a Luminous Landscape 1Ds Mk II vs. P25 comparison.
Posted by Prashant Khapane on March 20, 2008 at 10:05 AM
Thanks David,
I've always taken the reviews with a pinch of salt. Particularly if they are from a website. I personally prefer an opinion from a person like guy tal/Tony Kuyper/Todd Caudle or Jerry G.
However, I agree with you about the older backs.
Posted by David Bostedo on March 20, 2008 at 12:45 PM
I'd normally agree with you about reviews, except that Luminous Landscape is a little more geared toward what the final products look like - on screen on in print. (As opposed to reviews that focus on the "numbers" and 200% crops.) So I find them to be pretty good. Of course, in this case it's equipment - actually an entire industry segment of equipment - that I've never even had my hands on.
Posted by Doug Dolde on March 23, 2008 at 3:52 PM
A Phase One sales rep recently told me that the P25+ is soon going to be reduced in retail price to around $20K.