Re: PENTAX 645N Medium Format Camera

[Don Roberts <droberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Indeed that changes the whole picture I had of this camera.  Now we just need
to know the answer to the original question; does this camera rely on IR
sensors for reading the information?

Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:

> On  3 Jul 98 at 21:53, Don Roberts wrote:
>
> > Interesting.  I just read a review of this camera in Outdoor Photographer
> > and it didn"t mention interchangeable backs nor did the photos show such a
> > feature.  I don't believe the previous model had magazines, does the new
> > one?
>
> B+H listed it for Pentax 645, ie previous models, and a Dutch article
> clearly shows removable backs....perhaps more 'insertable magazine'
> than 'back', but exhangeable nontheless.
> The only thing I am not 100% sure about is whether the old magazines
> will fit the new camera, but there is nothing fancy on these new
> backs what the old ones would lack....not even an ASA setting.
>
> Oh, B+H price for the 70mm back is US$800....8-))
> It comes with extended eyepiece, as the 70mm magazine takes much more
> space and protrudes out of the camera significantly (just like your
> ETRSi unit).
> Still cheaper than the NPC polaroid back (US$1200)....;-))
>
> Now you only need an AF APO tele lens to make this combination
> perfect....;-))

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