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− | The '''Pentax 645''' is a medium format [[SLR]] camera. It takes 15 pictures nominally 6x4.5 cm, on 120 roll film, or 30 on 220 film, and it can also use 70 mm film. It has a built-in motor drive and a low-profile prism viewfinder | + | The '''Pentax 645''' is a medium format [[SLR]] camera. It takes 15 pictures nominally 6x4.5 cm, on 120 roll film, or 30 on 220 film, and it can also use 70 mm film, which gives approvimately 90 frames per roll. It has a built-in motor drive and a low-profile prism viewfinder with built-in dioptric correction. |
+ | It has several automatic exposure modes, which are set via menus using navigation buttons and an LCD display. | ||
− | The camera requires six AA batteries to power the | + | The camera requires six AA batteries, loaded in the grip on the right hand side, to power all camera functions. There is also a lithium battery fitted in the base of the camera, which serves to maintain the electronic memories. |
===Specifications=== | ===Specifications=== |
Revision as of 19:49, 16 April 2011
The Pentax 645 is a medium format SLR camera. It takes 15 pictures nominally 6x4.5 cm, on 120 roll film, or 30 on 220 film, and it can also use 70 mm film, which gives approvimately 90 frames per roll. It has a built-in motor drive and a low-profile prism viewfinder with built-in dioptric correction. It has several automatic exposure modes, which are set via menus using navigation buttons and an LCD display.
The camera requires six AA batteries, loaded in the grip on the right hand side, to power all camera functions. There is also a lithium battery fitted in the base of the camera, which serves to maintain the electronic memories.
Specifications
Camera type: 6x4.5 cm SLR (actual image frame 56x41.5 mm)
Standard lens: 75 mm f/2.8
Shutter:
- Focal-plane shutter with cloth curtains. Speeds 15 seconds - 1/1000 second, plus 'B'.
- Camera also accepts leaf-shutter lenses.
- Synchronised for flash (X-synchronisation) via a hot shoe on top of the prism and a PC socket.
Metering and exposure: through-the-lens metering and several exposure-control modes:
- Shutter speed priority automatic
- Aperture priority automatic
- Programmed automatic
- Manual
- TTL metered flash
- Programmed automatic flash
- Special mode for leaf-shutter lenses
Viewfinder:
- Fixed prism viewfinder with microprism and split-prism rangefinder focusing aids.
- Built-in dioptric adjustment.
- LED indication of exposure settings and warnings.
image by De MAF (Image rights) |
Bibliography
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P.176.
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Item 2055.