Pentax 645Z : Specifications and Opinions

The Pentax 645Z is a reflex camera with Medio Formato sensor and 51.4 megapixels manufactured from 2014 to 2023 (discontinued). The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 7086 €; The average price was 7086 €;

21 users have given it an average vote of 9.7 out of 10

Sensor
Format	Medium format,
Resolution	51.4 megapixel
ISO sensitivities	100 - 204800
File formats	JPEG, RAW, TIFF
Esposure
Shutter speeds
Exp. compensation	+/- 5 stops at 1/3 steps
Exp. modes	M, S, A, P
Metering modes	Multi-Area, Semi-Spot, Spot
Features
Mount	Pentax 645 (click here to view all compatible lenses)
Stabilization	No
Autofocus (AF areas)	27
Continuos shooting	3 FPS
Pre-Burst	No
Live View	Yes
MLU/SS	Yes, Mirrok Lock Up
Video mode	1920x1080p @ 30 FPS
WiFi	No
GPS	No
USB
USB Charging
Computing Features
ND Long Exposure	Yes, up to 2000 photos (ND11)
Pixel Shift	No
Focus Stacking	No
Startrail/Composite mode	Yes
Astrotracer	No
Camera body and built
Touchscreen	No
LCD	3.2", 720 x 480 pixels, partially articulating
Viewfinder	Optical, coverage 98%, x
Flash	No
Storage	SD, SDHC, SDXC (UHS-I)
Storage, Slot 2	SD, SDHC, SDXC (UHS-I)
Shutter	Mechanical
Battery	Pentax D-LI90, 13.39 Wh
Weather sealing	No
Weight	1550 g
Dimensions	156 x 117 x 123 mm
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FrancescoVilla

sent on 23 Gennaio 2024

Pros: image quality, shadow recovery, obligatory slowness in use, price since today you can find it for not much (we are still talking about a medium digital format, though)

Cons: Big and heavy (but you already know this before you buy it), the autofocus struggles in low light

Opinion: Great machine, awesome rows. It's better to stay a little underexposed instead of looking for the ettr at all costs, since on the highlights the image breaks through very quickly, while from the shadows you can recover a lot without any problem. Very good noise management. I'm arguing a bit with the light meter because I don't really understand how it works, but in the worst case you just have to correct and go back to shooting.

Matte_mcs

sent on 09 Gennaio 2023

Pros: Image quality, ergonomics, excellent and economical legacy lenses, fast focusing with FA lenses, general AF accuracy, best buy to date (2023). Especially if you already own a Pentax 645 kit, but given the costs it can be convenient in any case.

Cons: Heavy, but not too much. System apparently abandoned by Pentax with some modern optics that remain very expensive. Official tethering software no longer for sale on the new and sometimes capricious, I have yet to understand its real reliability.

Opinion: Great machine, the files resemble 6x7 slide drum scans. Relatively quick in use, very comfortable, excellent focus, lenses that if you know them you love them. At the cost of a medium-high range full-frame body you make a medium format CMOS kit, I do not know if I explain. The natural alternative is GFX with its many advantages, perhaps some defects, but much higher costs, especially at the level of lenses (and if you go on top-of-the-range bodies). One of the great things about Pentax is that with a unique kit you work in digital and on film. The adapted 6x7 lenses maintain the confirmation of focus, rational and functional camera. Tropicalization and exceptional ISO are well known, the absence of a joystick I find it a lesser evil because you are naturally encouraged to focus & recompose, the focus points are piled up in the center. I will update the review later.

Musicapiccinini

sent on 06 Maggio 2019

Pros: Very simple to use, easy to use menu, noticeable jpeg in the room.

Cons: Free hand weight if used for many hours but you get used to it, I shoot louder than FF SLR cameras.

Opinion: At the moment I'm using it with the kit lens or the 55 f 2.8 and I find it really easy to use. Do not immediately use the optical viewfinder without its rubber extension that is inside the box. The photos it makes are remarkable and having even the Canon 5ds this one has a more gear. What if you say against the fact remains that a larger sensor brings its good benefits and here you see all. I am very pleased with the purchase and am curious to try the other lenses. I preferred this to Fuji mirrorless because I find it good with the mirror and it cost exactly the same as the GFX-50R

Frank5d

sent on 07 Dicembre 2014

Pros: Outstanding resolution, returns picture quality, thanks to the CMOS image sensor 43.8 x 32.8 mm. Great tilting LCD monitor that somehow can simulate the old medium format with the glorious viewfinder ...! Good AF with 27 points including 25 cross and excellent sensitivity of up to ISO 204800. Typically medium format cameras have never shone for their extension ISO, but thanks to the new sensor Sony Pentax 645Z can ensure for the first time this feature. Also are among the features connectivity Wi-Fi and Full HD video mode of up to 4K.

Cons: Perhaps only the weight for those not used to this type of camera body.

Opinion: The more interesting feature of this Pentax 645Z is undoubtedly the price: the camera appears to now the average digital format more "economic" in the market. "Economic" in quotes because it is always to spend $ 8,499, a figure certainly very high when compared to most of the DSLR and mirrorless full frame in circulation, but significantly lower than the cost required to buy a medium format digital back Hasselblad or Phase One , whose prices are about 29 000 and $ 37 000; or the price of a Leica S, amounting to over $ 21,000. Thanks to the 645Z Pentax medium format becomes a bit 'more accessible, even if the price remains far popolare.rnChe say more .... the dream of an advanced amateur photographers ...!

Hardskystudios

sent on 24 Novembre 2014

Pros: high ISO management, reliability, professional quality, details

Cons: underexpose a bit '(choice of Pentax), I thought the battery last longer

Opinion: I got to try it to Pentax-Day, well say that is a whole other planet, I had never tried a medium format and the feeling was unique. Astonishing detail, management ISO very good, fast and precise focus, menus and settings management may seem a little 'complicated, but you get used subito.rnPrezzo prohibitive, but compared to Hasselblad, PhaseOne is an excellent compromise cheap .

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