Pentax 645Z Medium Format DSLR Camera (Black)
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Z is one form of perfection. A groundbreaking camera that fulfills both image quality supremacy and mobility, PENTAX 645Z is a medium format, interchangeable digital SLR that produces ultra-high-definition images with sense of depth. With a dustproof and weather-resistant mechanism, magnesium alloy cover and a tempered glass display panel, this durable and reliable camera is for photo enthusiasts and professionals who enjoy casual outdoor shooting.
CMOS Image Sensor
Capture everything reflected in the eyes and felt by the heart. The medium-format 43.8 x 32.8mm CMOS image sensor meets the ideals of the photographer. This sensor is approximately 1.7 times larger that the dimension of a full-frame 35 mm format. There are approximately 51.4 million effective pixels. Together with the optical performance of PENTAX 645 lenses, this produces unsurpassed resolution and smooth gradation representations and a three-dimensional feeling and atmosphere that will overwhelm the viewer.
Quick Response and Large Buffer Memory
Exceptional image quality with 51.4 million pixels and quick response that lets you capture decisive moments. Until now, scenes that were not possible to capture on a medium format digital camera can be captured with the excellent response of the PENTAX 645Z. Because autofocus, image processing, Instant Review display and memory card writing have been enhanced, you will experience significantly faster operation. The continuous shooting level has also increased for a comfortable shooting tempo when capturing portraits and moving subjects.
Live View and Tiltable LCD Monitor
The Live View function is new to the PENTAX 645Z, freeing the photographer's eye from the viewfinder. With this feature you can carefully prepare for shooting, making it perfect for scenic or studio photography where you need to wait for the right moment to activate the shutter. The screen is also equipped with a tilt mechanism so waist-level, high- and low-angle shots are easy to frame and capture.
Medium Format Digital Imaging
The world of mastery offered by medium format digital imaging far outperforms 35mm full-frame cameras. Professional photographers will appreciate the extended image area offered by the 645Z, which offers a distinct perspective not found in full frame cameras.
Awe inspiring, true-to-life detail is attained by combining premium resolution, massive sensor size and an expansive sensitivity range. This combination far exceeds the expectations of full frame cameras and produces brilliant results only experienced with medium format photography. So much depth and clarity, you feel like you are in the image.
Uncompromising Image Processing Technology
Uncompromising image processing technology allows realistic capture. The three dimensional depth captured with the 645Z can be discovered in even the smallest detail, where a full-frame camera would have given flat results.
Due to the size of the sensor, the 645Z utilizes lenses with a longer focal length and larger diameter when compared to full frame lenses with an equivalent field-of-view. The result is that in identical conditions, the higher resolving power of the 645Z lenses sends significantly more detailed information to the image sensor than a full frame lens. This superior image detail is perfectly captured with the 645Z’s 51,400,000 pixels.
The hyper resolution of the 645Z coupled with state-of-the-art image processing results in images with more 3D depth and detail than can ever be captured with a full frame camera sensor
High ISO Sensitivity
The highest ISO sensitivity of PENTAX 645Z is ISO 204800, which is 128 times of the sensitivity of PENTAX 645D, ISO 1600. Pentax sees 35-mm full frame cameras as competitors to the 645Z, rather than medium format cameras offered by other companies
- Type: CMOS with a primary color filter
- 43.8 x 32.8 (mm)
- 1.7 x 1.3 (in)
- L (51M: 8256 x 6192)
- M (36M: 6912 x 5184)
- S (21M: 5376 x 4032)
- XS (3M: 1920 x 1440)
- RAW: L (51M: 8256 x 6192)
- TIFF: L (51M: 8256 x 6192)
- Approx. 0.62 x (55mmF2.8 at infinity)
- Approx. 0.85 x (75mmF2.8 at infinity)
- Approx. 21 mm (from the view window)
- Approx 24.1 mm (from the center of lens)
- Auto: 1/4000 to 30 sec.
- Manual: 1/4000 to 30 sec. (1/3 EV steps or 1/2 EV steps)
- Bulb
- [Stills]: Single Frame, Continuous (H, L), Self-timer (12 sec., 2sec.), Remote Control (immediately, 3 sec., continuous), Multi-exposure (available with Continuous, Self-timer or Remote Control), Interval Shooting, Interval Composite
- [Movie]: Remote Control, Interval Movie Record
- JPEG (L:★★★ at Continuous H): up to approx. 30 frames
- RAW: up to approx. 10 frames
- TIFF: up to approx. 12
- JPEG (L:★★★ at Continuous L): up to approx. 300 frames
- RAW: up to approx. 25 frames
- TIFF: up to approx. 15
- *When the sensitivity is set to ISO100
- Interval: 2 sec. to 24 hr.
- Number of Shots: 2 to 2000 images
- Start Interval: Now, Set Time
- Recorded Pixels: 4K, Full HD, HD
- Interval: 2 sec. to 1 hr.
- Recording Time: 14 sec. to 99 hr.
- Start Interval: Now, Set Time
- MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (MOV) *Motion
- JPEG (AVI) for Interval Movie Record
- Full HD (1920 x 1080, 60i/50i/30p/25p/24p)
- HD (1280 x 720, 60p/50p/30p/25p/24p)
- *Available only for Interval Movie Record
- RAW/Fx Button: One Push File Format, Optical Preview, Digital Preview
- AF Button: Enable AF1, Enable AF2, Cancel AF
- Preview Dial: Optical Preview, Digital Preview
- Illumination Button: LCD Panel Illumination, Modeling Flash, Test Flash
- E-dials (front/rear): Customizable to each exposure mode
- Type1: E-dials (front/rear), EV Compensation button, ISO button, AE Lock button, Green button, Exposure Bracketing button, AF area button
- Type2: E-dials (front/rear), EV Compensation button, ISO button, AE Lock button, Green button, Exposure Bracketing button, AF area button, four-way controller, AF point change button, OK button, AF button, RAW/Fx button
- Number of recordable images: Approx. 650 images
- Playback time: Approx. 400 minutes
- *Tested in compliance with CIPA standard using a fully-charged lithium-ion battery under the temperature of 23°C. Actual results may vary depending on the shooting conditions.
- Approx. 1550 g / 3.4 lb (including dedicated battery and an SD memory card)
- Approx. 1470 g / 3.2 lb (body only)
Model Description
| Type | TTL autofocus, auto-exposure medium format digital SLR camera |
| Lens Mount | PENTAX 645AF2 mount with AF coupler, lens information contacts, and power contacts Usable |
| Lens | PENTAX 645AF2, 645AF and 645A mount lenses compatible, KAF, KA mount lens |
| Image Sensor | |
| Size | |
| Effective Pixels | Approx. 51.4 megapixels |
| Total Pixels | Approx. 52.99 megapixels |
| Dust Removal | Image sensor cleaning using ultrasonic vibrations DR II with the Dust Alert function |
| Sensitivity (Standard output) | ISO AUTO/100 to 204800 (EV steps can be set to 1EV, 1/2EV, or 1/3EV) |
| Image Stabilizer | Lens-shift type (By using SR system lens) |
| Recording Formats | RAW (PEF/DNG), TIFF, JPEG (Exif 2.30), DCF2.0 compliant |
| Recorded Pixels | |
| JPEG | |
| Quality Level | RAW (14 bit): PEF, DNG JPEG:★★★(Best), ★★(Better), ★(Good), RAW + JPEG simultaneous recording available |
| Color Space | sRGB, AdobeRGB |
| Storage Media | SD, SDHC*, SDXC* memory card, Eye-Fi card, FLUCARD *UHS-I compatible |
| Dual Card Slot | Sequential save, Save to Both Dual save, Separate RAW/JPG, Copying images between slots possible |
| Storage Folder | Folder Name: Date (100_1018, 101_1019...) or user-assigned (default: PENTX) |
| Storage File | File Name: user-assigned (default: IMGP****) File Number: Sequential Numbering, Reset |
| Type | Keplerian telescopic trapezoid prism finder |
| Coverage (FOV) | Approx. 98% |
| Magnification | |
| Eye-Relief Length | |
| Diopter Adjustment | Approx. -3.5 m to +2.0 m-1 |
| Focusing Screen | Interchangeable Natural-Bright-Matte focusing screen |
| Type | TTL method using CMOS image sensor |
| Focus Method | Contrast detection AF (Face Detection, Tracking, Multiple AF Points, Select, Spot) Focus Peaking: ON/OFF |
| Display | Field of view: approx. 100 %, Magnified view (2x, 4x, 8x, 12x, 16x), Grid Display (Grid Style: 4x4 Grid, Golden Section, Scale, Square 1, Square 2, Grid Color: translucent black, translucent white), Histogram, Highlight Alert, Rotate Display 180° |
| Type | Tiltable TFT color LCD monitor featuring an air-gapless structure with an Anti-Reflective-coat, tempered-glass front panel |
| Size | 3.2 inch |
| Dots | Approx. 1037K dots |
| Adjustment | Brightness, Saturation and Color adjustable |
| Type | Combination system of CMOS image and light source detection sensors |
| White Balance | Auto, Multi Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Fluorescent Light (D: Daylight Color, N: Daylight White, W: Cool White, L: Warm White), Tungsten Light, Flash, CTE, Manual (up to 3 settings can be saved), Color Temperature (up to 3 settings can be saved), Copying the white balance settings of a captured image possible |
| Fine Adjustment | Adjustable +/-7 steps on A-B axis or G-M axis |
| Type | TTL: phase-matching autofocus |
| Focus System | SAFOX 11, 27 AF points (25 cross-type focus points in the center) |
| Brightness Range | EV -3 to 18 (ISO 100, at normal temperature) |
| AF Modes | Single AF (AF.S), Continuous AF (AF.C), Focus operation customizable |
| Focusing Area Selection Modes | Spot, Select, Expanded Area AF (S, M, L), Zone Select, Auto (27 AF Points) |
| Type | TTL open aperture metering using 86K pixel RGB sensor Metering Modes: Multi-segment metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering |
| Metering Range | V -1 to 21 (ISO100 at 55mmF2.8) |
| Exposure Modes | Program, Sensitivity Priority, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Shutter and Aperture Priority, Manual, Bulb, Flash X-sync Speed, USER1, USER2, USER3 |
| EV Compensation | +/-5 EV (1/3 EV steps or 1/2 EV steps can be selected) |
| AE Lock | Button type (timer-control: two times the meter operating time set in Custom Setting), Continuous as long as the shutter release button is halfway pressed |
| Exposure Bracketing | 2, 3 or 5 frames, Available with Continuous, Self-timer or Remote Control |
| Type | Electronically controlled vertical-run focal plane shutter |
| Shutter Speed | |
| Mode Selection | |
| Mirror Lock-up Shooting | Available with Continuous, Self-timer, Remote Control or Multi-exposure |
| Continuous Shooting | |
| Max. approx. 3 fps | |
| Max. approx. 1 fps | |
| Multi-Exposure | Composite Mode: Additive, Average, Bright, Number of Shots: 2 to 2000 images |
| Interval Shooting | |
| [Stills] | |
| [Movie] | |
| Flash Modes | Flash On, Flash On+Red-eye Reduction, Slow-speed Sync, Slow-speed Sync+Red-eye, P-TTL, Trailing Curtain Sync, contrast-control-sync, high-speed sync, wireless sync (available with a dedicated external flash) |
| Sync Speed | 1/125 sec. |
| Flash Exposure Compensation | '-2.0 to + 1.0 EV |
| Custom Image | Bright, Natural, Portrait, Landscape, Vibrant, Radiant, Muted, Bleach Bypass, Reversal Film, Monochrome, Cross Processing |
| Cross Processing | Random, Preset 1-3, Favorite 1-3 |
| Noise Reduction | Slow Shutter Speed NR, High-ISO NR |
| Dynamic Range Settings | Highlight Correction, Shadow Correction |
| Lens Correction | Distortion Correction, Lateral Chromatic Aberration Correction, Peripheral Illumination Correction, Diffraction Correction |
| HDR Capture | Auto, Type1, Type2, Type3, Exposure Bracket Value adjustable, Auto Align (automatic composition correction function) available |
| Electronic Level | Displayed in viewfinder and LCD panel (horizontal direction only); displayed on LCD monitor (horizontal direction and vertical direction) |
| File Formats | |
| Recorded Pixels | |
| Sound | Built-in stereo microphones, external microphone (stereo recording compatible), Recording Sound Level adjustable |
| Recording Time | Up to 25 minutes; automatically stops recording if the internal temperature of the camera becomes high. |
| Custom Image | Bright, Natural, Portrait, Landscape, Vibrant, Radiant, Muted, Bleach Bypass, Reversal Film, Monochrome, Cross Processing |
| Cross Processing | Random, Preset 1-3, Favorite 1-3 |
| HDR Capture | Auto, Type1, Type2, Type3, Exposure Bracket Value adjustable |
| Playback View | Playback View...Single image display, Multi-image display (6, 12, 20, 35, 80 thumbnails), Image magnification (up to 16x, 1x display and quick zoom available), Grid Display (Grid Style: 4x4 Grid, Golden Section, Scale, Square 1, Square 2, Grid Color: translucent black, translucent white), Rotated image display, Histogram (Y histogram, RGB histogram), Highlight Alert, Auto Image Rotation, Detailed Information Display, Copyright Information (Photographer, Copyright Holder), Folder Display, Calendar Filmstrip Display, Slideshow, GPS information (latitude, longitude, altitude, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) |
| Delete | Single image, all images, select and delete, folder, Instant Review image |
| Digital Filter | Base Parameter Adj, Extract Color, Toy Camera, Retro, High Contrast, Shading, Invert Color, Unicolor Bold, Bold Monochrome, Tone Expansion, Sketch, Water Color, Pastel, Posterization, Miniature, Soft, Starburst, Fish-eye, Slim |
| RAW Development | Development options: Select single image, Select multiple images, Select a folder, Development parameters: File Format (JPEG/TIFF), Aspect Ratio, JPEG Recorded Pixels, JPEG Quality, Color Space, Distortion Correction, Lateral Chromatic Aberration Correction, Peripheral Illumination Correction, Diffraction Correction, Color Fringe Correction, White Balance, Custom Image, Digital Filter, HDR, Sensitivity, High-ISO NR, Shadow Correction |
| Editing Features | Color Moire Correction, Resize, Cropping (aspect ratio can be changed and tilt adjustment is available),Movie Edit (dividing a movie file and deleting unwanted segments), Capturing a JPEG still picture from a movie, Saving RAW Data, Image Copy, Eye-Fi Image Transfer |
| USER Modes | Up to 3 settings can be saved |
| Custom Functions | 29 items |
| Mode Memory | 11 items |
| Button Customization/E-dial Programming | |
| Enable/Disable Controls | |
| Text Size | Standard, Large |
| World Time | World Time settings for 75 cities (28 time zones) |
| Language | English, French, Germany, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Greek, Russian, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese |
| AF Fine Adjustment | +/-10 step, adjustment for all lenses or individual lenses (up to 20 can be saved) |
| Copyright Information | Names of Photographer and Copyright Holder are embedded to the image file. Revision history can be checked using the provided software. |
| Battery Type | Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery D-LI90 |
| AC Adapter | AC Adapter Kit K-AC132 (Optional) |
| Battery Life | |
| Connection Port | USB 3.0 (micro B), external power supply terminal, cable switch terminal, X-sync socket, HDMI output terminal (Type D), stereo microphone input terminal |
| USB Connection | MSC/PTP |
| Dimensions | Approx. 156 mm / 6.1 inch(W) x 117 / 4.6 inch mm (H) x 123 / 4.8 inch mm (D) (excluding protrusions) |
| Weight | |
| Digital Camera Utility 5 | |
| Strap O-ST150, Large eyecup 645 O-EC107, Rechargeable Lithium-ion Battery D-LI90, Battery Charger D-BC90, AC plug cord, Software (CD-ROM) S-SW150 (Installed on the camera) Standard eyecup 645, Hot shoe cover FK, Sync socket 2p cap, Body mount cap 645, Triangular ring and protective cover |
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