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 Here we have something that doesn’t exist, never did and never will. The Pentax 645D, rumored, hinted at, suggested and a tall tale for years upon years now. My friend Joe and I had both given up all hope that Pentax would bring digital to their medium format system and their fantastic yet under-appreciated lenses and cameras. [...] Continue reading Hell hath frozen over: Pentax 645D  There are many ways to celebrate the 60th anniversary of a country. China’s history has certainly been interesting so it’s no question that a camera that would be nearly $30,000 in the states is the only thing really fit for the moment. For more than 3x the price of the plebeian MP you can get a gold plated Leica MP complete with red calfskin in a lovely wooden box. This of course does come with a very nice gold plated Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 lens as well. [...] Continue reading Proving bad taste has no budget: Leica MP Golden Camera. Happy 60th China!  Calin Leucuta (from his thread @ Fred Miranda's forums) Continue reading Canon Digital Rebel survives 3000 foot fall Design student Erin Fong (I’ll assume no relation to Gary Fong) came up with a rather unusual concept DSLR design. I think it’s great when someone thinks outside the box but there are some things about this design that make me wonder if she’s ever actually used a DSLR! [...] Continue reading the NOVA concept DSLR is strange Hasselblad has continued what they started with the H3DII-39 by taking their multishot system and applying it to a higher resolution sensor. Technologies like this have always appealed to me so it’s good to see that companies are able to continue to push them along successfully. Pixel shift multishot systems certainly aren’t ideal for many subjects but work very well for high detail recording of static scenes. [...] Continue reading Hasselblad’s H3DII-50 moves multishot up to 50mp  This might well be one of the stranger interchangeable camera concepts that I’ve seen lately but it’s not without its benefits. Instead of interchangeable lenses the system comes as a body component which accepts a range of lens-sensor modules. This could provide ideal performance for each lens-sensor pair as well as huge zoom reach if paired with a smaller sensor in the module, but it can also be taken other directions. [...] Continue reading Leaked Ricoh GXR proposes interchangeable lens-sensor modules Time to get started with the report from this weekend! Continue reading 1D Mark IV test shots from PhotoPlus After all the packing, charging and formatting I am hopefully all ready for the weekend. I’ll be back Monday evening and will get show impressions, photos and other good stuff up throughout the rest of next [...] Continue reading Off to NYC, Long Island and of course PhotoPlus!  After all the rumors the final result is a 16 megapixel, 10fps overhauled 1D camera with extensive video capabilities and ISOs to match Nikon’s latest. The sensor has been redesigned to support the 6 extra megapixels with more transmissive color filters, improved gapless microlenses and changes to the actual circuitry design in the sensor. If this actually adds up to performance to match the D3s at ISO 102400 it will indeed be impressive. [...] Continue reading Canon’s 1D Mark IV is here and wants you to take video recording seriously  Historically it hasn’t been possible to get in to any new medium format digital systems without spending at least around twice what the top tier full frame cameras like the D3x or 1Ds cost. Leaf’s new Aptus II 5 digital back now makes it possible to jump in to a medium format system for a much more reasonable price. Continue reading Leaf Aptus knocks the price of medium format systems down to DSLR territory 
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