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Thursday, July 14, 2011

A Red 645D Limited Edition is Announced




It is announced today, two of the latest news reports:-

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/pentax_releases_645d_in_redlacquer_finish_news_308669.html

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1107/11071308pentax645dGP.asp

Well, of course I like this camera but will NOT buy, coz' its not in K-mount and I have no money to buy it, neither! ;-D

If you have followed my Blog for longer, you may know that I like RED cameras, see:-


(Source: http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-like-red-cameras-d.html)


(Source: http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2009/10/red-k-x-is-delayed.html)

And also this may be related:-


(Source: http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1307126887.html)

Do the red colour of our glorious 645D is close enough to that cheapy entry level 1100D of Canon, which is also a limited edition anyway! ;->

Update (7-15): Minolta released a special edition of the Alpha 707si which is quite close to the 645D SE in the colour and pattern. And, even though the wooden boxes for the package look so alike! Of course, as we all know it now, after that, Minolta was closed down for the camera business! Oh, NO! ;-)



via http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=892144

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What the... ?

No new lenses and a $10,000 price tag?

That shade of red is hideous!

Pentax is dead!
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
So... which one (lens) are YOU missing? Or just that... talk to the sky &-)
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Dissapointed · 713 weeks ago

WTF? stated NEW, what are YOU missing? There are no NEW lenses for this system.
Pentax is telling its 645D customers to use the old film lenses.

You're reading comprehension isn't good. :(
You aren't very bright, do you work for Hoya/Pentax?
1 reply · active 713 weeks ago
Really? Which NEW lens are you REALLY missing? There are 2 (two) new lenses for a year and some and there will be more. If you talеnt is blocked for now... buy a Hassy.
I'll wait for the Rice Rockwell review at http://ricerockwell.blogspot.com/
I must say that red looks really good. And the 1100D looks reaaaally cheap. Even more so than the regular version.
Yet another FAIL "article", as usual. Comparing the urushi-e paint from this Limited edition 645D with e.g. red Rebels is as ridiculous as comparing the 645D itself, as a camera, with a Rebel. Yes, they're both red; yes, they're both cameras. Gold and tin are both metals.

"WTF", are you the one that's trolling on Photorumors, under "WTF is Pentax"?
About NEW lenses: aren't the D FA645 55mm f/2.8 and the D FA645 25mm f/4 NEW enough? Pentax will launch one NEW 645 lens per year: a short tele next year, followed by two zooms (wide and short tele) in 2013 and 2014. Hardly any reason to complain, as the OLD FAs are still here.
But the ones complaining wouldn't buy anyway.

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