Tom Reese wrote:
Shel asked:
I've not been reading all the messages in this thread, so maybe I missed
something about this.
Pentax buys their sensors from Sony, iirc. Sony has just announced, or
released, a new camera, the DSC-R1, which uses a Sony-made, 10mp CMOS
sensor with the dimensions of 14mm x 21mm. The camera has a retail price
of $1,000.00. Seems like Pentax might do well to take advantage of this
sensor if they can, and if Sony's putting out a camera for $1,000.00 it
seems that the sensor price might be reasonable enough for Pentax to come
out with a very competitively priced camera. Any comments on this?
Pentax is reportedly making their own sensors. That should give them a price
advantage with their new digital SLRs.
Tom Reese
Since when. Pentax is an Optics company not a semi-conductor company,
but does not have access to a chip fab as far as I'm aware.
-Adam
