Pentax 645Z First Impressions Review

Pentax 645Z
Sept 4, 2014 – New In-Depth Review Now Online
It was 2005 when Pentax first announced that they would be building a medium format digital camera. Unless your memory stretches back to pre-digital days you may not know that Pentax was one of the major medium format camera makers, with several very popular 645 and 67 format camera over several decades. But unlike many camera makers who were sideswiped by the digital bus, Pentax hung in and in 2010 delivered the Pentax 645D. Nick had some initial comments and an interview with Bill Gouge of Pentax Canada in September 2010, and a more comprehensive review of the camera in November of that year.
Now it's mid-year in 2014, almost seven years on, and Pentax has just started to ship their next-generation Pentax 645Z.  Though the "Z" looks a lot like the "D" a great deal has changed. Here then, for those who have not already memorized the product brochure, are the more salient points...
– 51.4 million pixels, 43.8 x 32.8mm large CMO...