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Developing a Unique Style with the Pentax 645D Medium Format: Ricoh / Pentax Exhibit at WPPI 2014

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 Hi Photographer friends,

Ricoh Imaging is exhibiting,  (booth 631) at The Wedding Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) Expo  which opens today in Vegas.

Visit Ricoh Imaging in Booth #631 for a Hands-On Shooting Demonstration with the PENTAX 645D Medium Format Camera

Las Vegas, NV, March 3, 2014 –   In the highly-competitive field of professional photography, defining a unique style and offering customers a differentiated look and feel is the key to growing a successful business. Join Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation(Ricoh Imaging) at the 2014 Wedding Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) Expo to experience the amazing benefits of medium format while creating beautifully distinct images that stand out from the crowd.

Working with the PENTAX 645D medium format cameras, attendees are invited to interact with Ricoh Imaging’s professional photographers and models to acquire photographic and studio lighting techniques while producing high-quality images. Visitors to the Ricoh Imaging booth will receive an SD card to record their images which can be included in personal portfolios.  

“Using professional equipment like the PENTAX 645D is an outstanding way for photographers to enhance and differentiate what they can offer the consumer,” said Jim Malcolm, Executive Vice President, Ricoh Imaging Americas Corporation. “The added dimension, wider dynamic range and shallow depth of field produced by the 645D create a distinguished look that potential customers will admire and competitors will covet.”

Winner of the TIPA award for Best Professional DSLR, the PENTAX 645D utilizes a 40 megapixel CCD image sensor to produce ultra-high-resolution images exceptional for large printing applications. Supported by an 11-point SAFOX IX+ autofocus systems featuring 11 sensor points (with nine cross-type sensors positioned in the middle) and state-of-the-art 77-segment metering system, photographers are assured beautifully exposed images featuring sharp, vivid detail and a wide-dynamic range which captures small details that accurately replicate the mood and allure of the setting.

In conjunction with the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International Expo, Ricoh Imaging is offering a $500 instant rebate on the purchase of a PENTAX 645D during the month of March 2014 reducing the price to $6,495.95.

Ricoh Imaging will also be displaying its complete lineup of PENTAX K-mount DSLRs at WPPI including the award-winning PENTAX K-3, versatile PENTAX K-5IIs, mid-level PENTAX K-50 and entry-level PENTAX K-500.

For more information on the PENTAX 645D medium format system or any of Ricoh Imaging’s lineup of PENTAX DSLRs and compact cameras, please visit www.us.ricoh-imaging.com.

Pentax Special Offers & Rebates.

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Via Pentax Imaging

Have you been considering picking up the medium-format Pentax 645D digital SLR, or perhaps the company's antialiasing, filter-free Pentax K-5 IIs? If so, now's the time to stop considering, and start opening your wallet. Special offers on the purchase of both cameras will save more than a little of your hard-earned cash, and perhaps net you a free lens, to boot!"

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PENTAX RICOH IMAGING AMERICAS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES PENTAX 645D IMAGE TRANSMITTER SOFTWARE

DENVER, CO. (February 7, 2012)…PENTAX RICOH IMAGING AMERICAS CORPORATION announced the PENTAX IMAGE Transmitter exclusive software for the transfer and saving of images taken with the PENTAX 645D medium-format digital SLR

camera to a personal computer.  The transmitter software is equipped to automatically transfer 645D images from camera to PC via USB cable.

Overview of the software:

•          Available in CD-ROM format

•          Transfer recorded images to a designated file on a personal computer

•          Records the images simultaneously on an SD memory card installed in the camera

•          The camera’s shutter may  be remotely released using the personal computer

•          Available in Japanese and English

•          Operating manual included on the CD-ROM

The transmitter software will be available in March 2012 for $199.95 USD on www.pentaxwebstore.com.

NOTE: The camera’s firmware must be updated to the latest version in order to use this software. The latest firmware is contained in the CD-ROM. With the Windows version, Microsoft’s .NET Framework 4 software must be installed on a personal computer in advance.

System requirements

Windows version

OS	Microsoft Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit)
	With a 64-bit system, the software operates as a 32-bit application.
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo processor or later (Intel Core i5 processor or later recommended)
Memory	2GB or greater (3GB or greater recommended)
HDD	More than 1GB of available disk space (additional space required for image storage)
Others	USB 2.0 port
	.NET Framework 4 software

Macintosh version

OS	Mac OS X 10.6 / 10.7
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo processor or later (Intel Core i5 processor or later recommended)
	Not compatible with PowerPC processors
Memory	2GB or greater
HDD	More than 1GB of available disk space (additional space required for image storage)
Others	USB 2.0 port

PENTAX ANNOUNCES LIMITED EDITION 645D:

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PENTAX ANNOUNCES LIMITED EDITION 645D:
Model Honors 645D

Camera Grand Prix Japan 2011 “Camera of the Year” Award

GOLDEN, CO. (July 13, 2011)…PENTAX Imaging Company has announced it will offer a limited edition 645D camera kit produced to celebrate the PENTAX 645D being named Camera Grand Prix Japan 2011 “Camera of the Year.” This limited edition camera features an elegant, lacquer-finished body. The components of this unique kit that will be available on a very limited basis include:

• PENTAX 645D Japan camera body

• Leather Strap 645D japan O-ST123

• Body Mount Cap 645D Japan

• Center-Spot-Matte Focusing Screen DS-80

• Specially designed paulownia-wood packaging

PENTAX is planning built-to-order production of this model with a minimum four month delivery period from the date each order is placed.

First announced in June 2010, the PENTAX 645D is a high-performance medium-format digital SLR camera combining super-high-resolution digital images with approximately 40 effective megapixels that offers exceptional reliability and superb operability. The camera was selected Camera GP Japan 2011 “Camera of the Year” for its array of original, outstanding features including a large CCD sensor, and a dependable, dust-proof, weather-resistant body that operates in temperatures as low as –10°C.

Information about the camera, features, awards and product images is available here:

www.pentaximaging.com/news


The new model kit will be available for pre-order on www.pentaxwebstore.com

PENTAX Imaging Company is an innovative leader in the production of a variety of adventure ready digital cameras including weather-resistant digital SLRs and stylish, compact, waterproof cameras, as well as lenses, flash units, binoculars, scopes, and eyepieces. For more than 90 years, PENTAX has developed durable, reliable products that meet the needs of adventurous consumers and businesses. With headquarters in Golden, Colorado, PENTAX Imaging Company is a division of PENTAX of America, Inc.

The new Pentax 645D will help all of us, even if you don't buy one. How? Read on...

The article below was first posted on April 1, 2009. These words were my speculations at the time. Looks like my speculations turned to reality. Way to go Pentax.

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Pentaxians are not followers...they are interesting leaders.

Hi Pentaxian friends.

Pentax announced the resurrection of the Medium Format 645D SLR and had mock ups displayed at the Photo Imaging Expo (PIE) in Tokyo in March. Although I will probably never have enough disposable income to purchase one, this move will benefit all of us. The price is speculated to be approximately $10.000 for a sensor around 30MP. That's a fair price to pay if you are a Professional photographer.

The Medium Format is dominated by just a few companies: Hasselblad, Mamiya, the new upcoming Leica S2, all at prices ranging from $20,000 to $50,000. If Pentax actually produce the 645D and sells it in the $10,000 range, they will once again be the innovators and leaders they once were. Forget the full frame DSLRs, they will by-pass that format all together and go the the top of the line, medium format with 30MP plus. They already have a full line of medium format autofocus lenses. The sensor ratio will be more usable and prints in the 8" x 10", 11" x 14", and 16" x 20" will be easily made without much cropping at all. For us, that use the English measurement system, these sizes are standard and frames already made are found everywhere.

The benefits for all of us will be that Pentax will produce a Professional DSLR, and a Medium Format size at that. They will be up there with the Hasselblads, Mamiyas and a few other brands. The word will get around that Pentax has a Medium Format Pro-Level DSLR and that many of the top Pros are using it. The entry-level photographers will buy entry-level Pentax DSLRs, emulating the Pros. They have done that with the Nikon and Canon brands for a while now.

In the real world, Pentax will have better image quality than the full-frame DSLRs, just like it was during the film era. Photographers all over the world will live happily thereafter! Pentax will sell more cameras, they will make more money with the APS-C and Medium Format cameras, they will have more R & D money, they will come up with better cameras, and the circle will be unbroken again.

Hey...don't laugh, it might just happen that way!

Thank you for reading,

Yvon Bourque

Who wouldn't have a happy face holding the Pentax 645D?

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 Hi Pentaxian friends.

Just one picture of me taken by my wife while I was handling the Pentax 645D at the San Diego Photo Expo. You know what I would like for Christmas...Christmas 2015 maybe!

It looks like the Pentax 645D will be available worldwide in December of 2010.

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Hi Pentaxian friends.

It was announced today, at photokina, that the Pentax 645D will be available worldwide in December of 2010. This is great news, but unfortunately, I don't think this boy will be able to afford one. Although it will be a bargain, ($10,000 U.S.). It has 40 megapixels from a  44mm x 33mm CCD sensor, 921k dot 3.0" LCD and is compatible with the existing 645 system lenses. I will produces astonishing images.

It was first announced on DPReview. Read it from this link.

Keep in mind that Mike Johnston, at The Online Photographer tells us that the Pentax 645D medium-format digital camera in the United States has NOT been confirmed yet.

Pentax 645D Youtube video May 16/2010

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Hi Pentaxian friends.

Check this out. 645D video

More photos of the new Pentax 645D.

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From Russia with love!

Pentax 645D at the CP+ Camera Show in Japan.

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Hi Pentaxian friends.

I found these actual pictures of the 645D as shown at the CP+ show in Japan through 1001 Noisy Cameras.

Here are some random thoughts about Pentax!

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Hi Pentaxian friends.

1. Lately, I saw many posts about Hoya wanting to associate with another world-class company that could manufacture sensors for them. This could make Pentax viable outside the Hoya’s mission of medical instruments and the like. Hoya apparently purchased Pentax mostly for their medical instruments. It seems that Samsung eventually want to manufacture their own cameras with their own sensors…as I was told, at the last PMA, by a Samsung representative. What do you think?

2. The K-x is now available almost everywhere. It is equipped, as you know, with a Sony 12MP CMOS sensor. The low light/high ISO image quality is supposedly on the leading edge of all the current DSLRs. What would you think of a Pentax K-7x with the 12MP sensor instead of the Samsung 14MP? If the IQ were that much better, I would go for it. After all, Nikon seems to manufacture many models around the 12MP range and they are doing okay. In the past, I produce great enlargements of 11” x 14” and even 18” x 24” with the old Pentax 6MP DSLRs. If the IQ is better, 12MP is plenty and I believe it is the sweet spot for APS-C sensors. What do you think?

3. I own several Pentax lenses, some are “A” lenses, some are FA lenses, some DA Pancake prime lenses and some DA* zoom lenses, telephotos and primes. I am not a pixel peeper and frankly, I don’t see enough difference in image quality between any of my lenses to prefer one over another. For me, it boils down to what I am shooting on a particular day or what I can easily carry. I do use Photoshop to correct colors, Chromatic aberration and so on, but never to change the content of an image. It’s the darkroom of this era, why not use it to its full potential. If your picture is well composed, I don’t think that the viewers would see any difference between the IQ of one lens over another. What do you think?

4. I envision that Pentax will indeed introduce the 645D next year. They will jump from the APS-C sensor to one bigger than the Canon or Nikon FF sensors. Pentax made it clear before that they would never manufacture a FF DSLR. Would you get a 645D should the price be comparable to Nikon’s D3/D3X/D3S or Canon’s EOS 1Ds Mk III? There are thousands or millions of 645 used lenses on the market already and Pentax could introduce new 645 AF lenses modeled after the Film 645 medium format cameras. I would buy one. What do you think?

So there you have it, some random thought about Pentax’s future. I’m a die-hard fan of Pentax cameras and know that they will always emerge with something unexpected, innovative and great.

Thanks for reading, and what do you think?

Yvon Bourque

Let's revisit the Medium-Format DSLRs now that the K-7 and K-x are available. Could the 645D be Pentax's next big move?

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Hi Pentaxian friends.

I just thought that this article published in July was appropriate now that Pentax has the K-7 and the K-x available.

Pentax will never make a Full Frame (24x36) DSLR as they believe this is a market that will disapear in favor of much larger sensors. As the prices of sensors goes down and technology advances even more, sensors equivalent to medium-format cameras will be cheaper.

Pentax has experience with medium-format cameras in the 645 and 6x7 film cameras. They already have a good lens base. They are going to introduce the new Pentax 645-D in Japan early next year. It will not be only sold in Japan for long. I bet everybody will want one and the price will never be as much as the competition such as Hasselblad, Phase One, Mamiya, etc.

Just look at the Leica S2, and you will look at the future of Digital Photography. Canon and Nikon never produced a medium-format camera before and they will likely continue to push the Full Frame format inherited from the 35mm film cameras. Imagine a sensor the size of a 645 medium-format camera or bigger. The point and shoot cameras will be replaced by APS-C DSLRs or 4/3rd DSLRs or Hybrid cameras. The Full frame will be replaced by the medium-format sizes.

This will put Pentax in a good position for both markets. You know that the Leica S2 will start a new Professional standard, but at a much higher price than Pentax will. You just wait and see...Pentax will rise again. In the past, with film cameras, the 35mm was mostly used by amateur photographers and Large-format by Pros.

Here is another article I posted earlier about the Pentax 645-D.

What do you think?

Of course this is just my opinion only and I am 90% right 20% of the time, like the weather man!

Thank you for reading,

Yvon Bourque