Medium Format HDR (in camera)
Medium format, meet HDR. HDR meet medium format.
PENTAX 40 megapixel 645D Medium Format SLR Camera $9400 US Dollars
HDR NOTES OF INTEREST
1. Shoots a bracket, merges to HDR and merges IN CAMERA
2. Single shot Dynamic Range Expansion to handle highlights and Shadows
Pentax has finally released the Pentax 645D which is a 40mp medium format camera. Rather than list the massive breakdown of the camera specs I’ll simply link the press release below.
http://www.pentax.jp/english/news/2010/201008.html
The in-camera HDR capture/merge function is of course of particular interest to me, but I’ve yet to find what controls one has (for example: amount of bracketing/steps).
Other noteworthy features listed (but no juicy specifics) are:
INTERVAL SHOOTING
EXPOSURE BRACKETING
EXTENDED BRACKETING
I’ll post more if I find specifics, but don’t get too excited. The release is initially limited to sales in Japan only.
Posted by Michael James on Mar 9 2010 in Camera Companies, HDR Tags: HDR, HDR Capture, Medium Format, Pentax



March 9th, 2010 at 10:14 PM
Wow that is cool. But kinda takes the Romance out of HDR. Kinda like replacing corks with screw caps on bottles of wine.