On 16 Mar 2005 at 6:22, Paul Stenquist wrote: > It's not a matter of materials. It's more about the evolution of the > technology and the reduced cost of components. Whatever sensor Pentax > is using, you can be fairly certain they have a deep pocket, heavy user > partner. I'll bet we hear more about this shortly.
If Josteins insider information is correct regarding its suggested "build to order" production then the sensors will likely remain very expensive that is of course unless Pentax's competitors employ the same sensors at much higher volumes :-( Remember too that any large sensor will never fall to the cost of a physically smaller high or low volume sensor due to the relatively fixed cost of silicon per unit area. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
