After a month-long online campaign to promote its launch, Pentax is finally unveiling the 645D medium format digital camera. This is the first digital version of the company's 645 medium format camera ...

Don't expect Canon and Nikon to flinch, but Pentax's forthcoming 645D medium-format digital camera could change Pentax's fortunes. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Pentax has just launched their new 40-megapixel 645D Medium Format camera. Built with a rugged chassis, the Pentax 645D boasts a newly designed 11-point AF sensor, a 77-segment multi-pattern metering ...

The PENTAX 645D’s body is also designed to be a compact and highly maneuverable medium-format camera, despite the incorporation of such dependable features as a dust-proof, weather-resistant ...

The Hoya subsidiary announces at Photokina that it's bringing its medium-format 645D camera to Europe. Coming along is a more aggressive marketing stance. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Pentax announced the much-anticipated companion lens for it 645D medium format camera in the form of a 25mm f/4 AL [IF] SDM AW (19mm 35mm equivalent). The 25mm joins Pentax’s 55mm f/2.8 [IF] SDM AW ...

Pentax on Monday released two new rugged Optio compact cameras, a silver limited edition version of its popular K-5 DSLR, and a 25mm lens for its 645D medium format camera. Optio WG-1 & WG-1 GPS: ...

Ricoh has scheduled the launch of the Pentax 645Z DSLR, the higher-end, medium-format successor to the Pentax 645D camera that launched in 2010. While many might say the price of this camera is set ...

Just a few months ago, there were no medium-format cameras with CMOS sensors. Now, it feels like you can't turn around in a camera store without bumping into one. Following hot on the heels of the ...

With the release of what is probably the first affordable Medium Format digital still camera by Pentax, it makes us wonder whether Medium Format video is a thing that makes any sense Pentax's new ...

The Pentax 645Z could have other medium-format camera manufacturers looking at its spec sheets and scratching their heads. Despite using the same 51-megapixel sensor as the Hasselblad H5D-50c and the ...

Medium format digital cameras are out of reach for most, but Pentax has been providing ones on the “affordable” side (under $10k), for a few years now. Their new guy, the 645Z, packs a brand new, ...