Je remets ici le lien vers l'interview de Yasuyuki Maekawa (Pentax Product Planning executive) qui a été posté sur d'autres fils
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pentax645d-1st.shtmlQuelques morceaux choisis que je trouve particulièrement intéressants :
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We are confident in our ability to sell several thousand bodies in Japan this year."
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We see the 645D as just a first step. We firmly intend to follow up with more MF bodies in the coming years to stay close to the forefront of image quality." (probablement avec de plus grands capteurs, comme le 40,2 x 53,7 mm du H4D-60, au fur et à mesure que ceux-ci se démocratiseront)
(sur le prix contenu) "
By selecting a price point that we believe is accessible to many potential buyers we could build a business plan that allowed us to get lower prices for sourced components like the sensor thanks to the higher quantities we order. (...) We managed to commonalize some components with DSLRs already in production and could also re-use many of the IP and technologies we developed for them."
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We see landscape as the prime application for the 645D and many design decisions were taken accordingly."
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Regarding weather sealing, the 645D (...) cannot be immerged, but will resist whatever amount of pouring rain for whatever amount of time."
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The Kodak sensor is already very clean compared to previous MF sensors generations and Kodak might in fact be a bit conservative when they quote 11.5 stops as being the sensor dynamic range."
(sur les raisons ayant conduit à ne pas avoir un dos séparé) "
We wanted to deliver a very rugged solution able to take whatever is thrown at it and it appeared challenging to ensure such a level of reliability with a separate back. Another concern was communication issues between back and body that have been affecting some solutions. (...) Finally, (...) having an integrated solution enables us to position extremely accurately the sensor relative to the mount for best possible results image quality wise."
(sur l'impossibilité actuelle de piloter le 645D depuis un ordinateur) "
We are currently investigating this possibility but it is too early to commit on an availability date or to provide visibility on aspects like performance." (mais la suite de sa réponse est moyennement encourageante)
(sur la gamme d'objectifs) "
All the legacy lenses of the Pentax AF system can be used as-is on the 645D. Most of them are already at the right level quality wise but we are frankly speaking not totally happy about the wide end. Therefore we plan to release soon a new wide high-end lens that will complement our existing wide lineup and be able to fully realize the image quality potential of the sensor for wide applications. It is also going to restore some of the wide capability that we have lost because of the smaller size of the sensor used in the 645D compared to 645 film."