“The focus of camera lust in Pentax’s PMA booth is unquestionably the mockup of a digital medium format camera. It slowly turns on a small, mirrored platform, protected by an acrylic dome like a boxy, leatherette-covered Miss America.”

So reports Patrick Singleton in his just posted
Pentax Digital 645 Prototype: A First Look.

*The Pentax 645D will use a CCD sensor from Kodak, with a 9-micron pitch, and a resolution tentatively pegged at 18 megapixels.
*It will be compatible with smc Pentax 645 lenses.
*It will be introduced by the end of 2006.
*It will have TTL flash connectivity.