Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Elwood Spedden 
<elwood@w...> wrote:
> The ZD is very competitively priced.  It is estimated
> (with lots of insider dope) at $12,500. This compares
> to 22,000 for the Hasselblad H1D and 21,000 for the
> comparably sized digital back from Phase One which can
> fit a number of bodies including the H1.
> 
> The ZD uses the outstanding Mamiya 645AF lenses so
> unless this puppy has major warts the other guys are
> going to be running for cover.
> 
> Woody 
> 

Don't forget that it will use the other lenses too, just not with 
coupled metering, or AF. Too bad they didn't make the viewfinder 
detachable, then they could have coupled the metering to the older 
lenses (as an optional part).