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| The PENTAX 645D medium-format digital camera |
The PENTAX 645D camera has another feather in its cap. The medium-format digital camera has been named the Best DSLR Professional Camera for 2011 by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), a group made up of various editors from mostly European photo and imaging magazines, during the recent TIPA European Photo & Imaging Awards.
The PENTAX 645D offers photographers 40 effective megapixels in a magnesium alloy body that is fully dust-proof and weather-resistant, which according to TIPA makes “it a great choice for outdoor and location photographers.”
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| The 645D was named Best DSLR Professional camera |
The design, build and features were also noted by TIPA, but the lens system impressed them the most. “Perhaps most impressive is lens compatibility, which encompasses both the new D FA autofocus lenses as well as older 645 lenses.”
Previously, the PENTAX 645D won the 2010 Editors Choice Award from American Photo Magazine. The medium-format digital camera body sells for $9,995.95. There are two new D FA autofocus lenses available. The 55mm f2.8 sells for around $1,199.95 and the 25mm f4 sells for around $4,999.95.
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| The PENTAX 645D |
I still own my PENTAX K-1000. It was my first 35mm camera. That of course was in the film days and it has the nickname “the Tank.” I would love to try out the 645D. If it is anything like the K-1000 or the film medium-format cameras PENTAX was well-known for making for years, the 645D should be a sweet camera and worth the awards it has earned in the short time it has been on the market.
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