- P1's color look when coupled with C1 / OK but could be better/prefer CANON
- an entire line of modern autofocus leaf shutter lenses/ the lenses are maybe modern, but the autofocus speed and accuracy mixed with the stone age camera body leave the lenses in that age
- sync speed of 1/1600th / with 2,3,5 ND filters all set to go
- availability of overnight loaner warranty / with a wether sealed body and lenses; as the pentax 645Z noooo need for such thing
- availability in rental / once a product works , the rental houses will have all you need from a support if it is competent
- knowledge of techs/assistants on a particular system / out of (phase one) (hasselblad) everything works just us it should be, and to learn a system is as fast as getting an IPAD
- buffer depth / THERE IS NOO BUFFER DEPTH WITH A VEEEEEEEERY SLOW SYSTEM AS PHASEONE CAMERA/BACK BODY
- tethering speed, stability, tethering features / stability???????? ..... that C1 is the most stable software for tethering shooting ,does not mean it is stable
- availability of vertical grip (very useful for catalog houses where often for hours each day you shoot nothing but verticals) / Really noo need for such a thing ....for the price of a phase one body, should be confortable , for any kind of work
- compatibility with tech cameras / TO EXPENSIVE for just that kind of work
- compatibility with view cameras /TO EXPENSIVE for just that kind of work
- on camera features like focus mask, customizable exposure warning, / None of those things are useful especially when they do not work in real world.Never cannot trust focus mask, and the pentax 645z does have customizable exposure warning
customizable/movable grids/guide / Just worth it on a tripod .
HI Dougpeterson, do not take it bad, but all those features you name it, are just for someone shooting on a tripod , and the price of a (phase one) system are soooooo old these days.
My opinion is that for the price of a phase one system ,I feel soooo limited ,and each time, have the feeling that phase one/hasselblad are way to overpriced for
what it brings, especially when you pay a huge amount of money for a system that is , slow , unstable , with no features, (like the screen of the IQ backs; are not even close to the canon 5d mark iii), no wether sealing at all!!! how come for that price ,at least that!!! very slow focus .....two batteries for one camera!!! poor, super poor ISO range.....and more,more reasons that make it a very very very very expensive product.
I feel that the only reason people stay with phase one is because of the software and this is a very bad way of choosing a camera these days
IMO ,the pentax 645Z is an almost perfect product /price/product just missing sync speed but nothing you cannot solve with ND FILTERS.