On 16/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John, I fail to believe that Pentax is adding the 22 A/D convertor just for > PR reasons. Not when everyone talks about how much one feature can add to the > cost of each camera produced. And how low the profit margin on each camera is. > Ergo, that means they believe there will actually be some gain in adding it. > Some quality gain. And/or they are doing it now in anticipation of some future > advance. > > I just don't think Pentax is THAT cynical, that's all. Nothing done to date > by Pentax (despite some vocal objectors) has convinced me that they are.
Call it cynical if you like but if the company supplying the chip used an 18 bit precision ADC then that what they would be waving their flag for, it's quite simple really. > Also, as far as I know no one on this list is privy to the insides of the > camera... yet. Well neither has anyone actually confirmed the sensor manufacturer or model but I'm 99.9% certain that I can send you to the appropriate manufacturers prelim specification sheet. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
