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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: BJL on August 25, 2007, 01:16:00 pm

Title: 645 MFD 'no longer a priority for Pentax'
Post by: BJL on August 25, 2007, 01:16:00 pm
The Pentax 645 digital project might have been abandoned, or at least "shelved". According to this article (http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Pentax_645_Digital_no_longer_priority_news_139145.html) in the website of UK magazine Amateur Photographer,

"Hiroshi Onoda, European general manager for Imaging Systems, told AP's technical editor Angela Nicholson: 'The medium format digital SLR is no longer a priority for Pentax.'"
Title: 645 MFD 'no longer a priority for Pentax'
Post by: Mort54 on August 25, 2007, 01:22:42 pm
It was announced several months ago that it had been canceled.
Title: 645 MFD 'no longer a priority for Pentax'
Post by: BJL on August 25, 2007, 01:36:17 pm
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It was announced several months ago that it had been canceled.
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No, that was falsely rumored during the Hoya take-over battle, but it was never in fact announced. Even todays news is not quite a cancellation announcement.
Title: 645 MFD 'no longer a priority for Pentax'
Post by: Mort54 on August 25, 2007, 02:08:40 pm
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No, that was falsely rumored during the Hoya take-over battle, but it was never in fact announced. Even todays news is not quite a cancellation announcement.
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Thanks for the clarification. Given the rumors, and the fact that it still doesn't exist, you have to wonder how smart it would be to buy one if it ever comes out. I'd certainly worry about how much support it would get, how much money they're willing to invest in it, etc.
Title: 645 MFD 'no longer a priority for Pentax'
Post by: Mike W on August 29, 2007, 01:42:33 am
Well...there goes the R&D budget. Money well spent.