If you're looking for the best Pentax 645Z deals, you've come to the right place. Since its release in April 2014, the Pentax 645Z has been holding the fort for Pentax in the medium format market by offering a 50MP sensor, extremely high ISO range, and a all-weather-sealed camera body to take medium format outside.
The Pentax 645Z features a 43.8 x 32.8 mm CMOS sensor with 51.4 effective megapixels, the sensor is designed without an anti-aliasing filter to maximize sharpness and details in your images. RAW files can be recorded at 14-bit and saved using either the proprietary PEF format or Adobe's DNG format.
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An ISO range from 100-204,800 and high S/N ratio provides low noise, low light capability, and it's Prime III image processor lends itself to fast image capture with a maximum of 3 fps continuous shooting, which is very impressive in the realm of Medium Format cameras. The Safox II autofocus module utilizes 27 autofocus points including 25 cross-type sensors and 3 AF sensors dedicated for low light focusing. The new Real Time Scene Analysis System features an 86,000 pixel RGB light-metering sensor for enhanced accuracy of exposure, white balance, and auto-focusing.
Full HD 1080 60i/30p/24p video capture is supported in the H.264 format with a dedicated button for instant switchover from stills to video. An external microphone jack enables high quality audio recording with manual sound level control and monitoring. An HDMI port outputs HD images to HDTVs and a USB 3.0 jack enables fast image transfer to your computer, it also offers Interval recording for time-lapse video is supported with an output of UHD 4K resolution.
It also features a 3.2", 1037k-dot, tilting LCD screen enables live view composition and playback viewing from a various angles and a trapezoid-shaped glass prism viewfinder with Kepler telescope-type eyepiece unit provides traditional eye-level composition. The design of the viewfinder also helps to achieve the relatively compact size of this medium format camera. The 645Z is extremely durable with an aluminum alloy chassis, magnesium alloy shell, and 76 specific weather seals to keep out moisture and dust. It is a camera designed for the field as well as studio and can operate in temperatures from 14-104°F.
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