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They make excellent cameras and have committed to DSLRs, perhaps foolishly, but it is so wonderful to not have to worry about the battery. I've been blown away by mine. If I had a spare $lots burning a hole in my pocket, I'd definitely buy their newest APSC or full-frame DSLR.

My understanding is that the 645Z is widely used in studio photography, but I might be totally wrong there.

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> have committed to DSLRs, perhaps foolishly

I don't think it's foolish. There are countless examples of a successful niche player giving up their niche to go after a slice of the larger mainstream pie, predictably producing a middling product with little hope of attracting buyers from larger brands, and failing miserably.

There probably are some people using it in the studio, but among the notable features of the 645Z (and the 645D before it) are that it's weather sealed, and shoots in landscape format. So I'd say it's aimed more at field use than in the studio.

Still very happy with my K3 (Mark 1) for its combination of ergonimics, durability and image quality. (Of course, you wouldn't want to use it for video. Picking horses for courses.)

I have both film and digital Pentax, excellent cameras, unfortunately it seems after Ricoh bought the brand they are increasingly niche and don’t seem to care to sell outside their fanbase in Japan.

I agree. Once you have an SLR with a real pentaprism (not 5 mirrors), it's hard to go leave.

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