On 19 Nov 2003 at 17:57, Paul Ewins wrote: > I think that is just the point, they have a prototype but the sensors > aren't cheap enough yet, so they can't release it. When they can sell it > for $6000 they will. Of course the sensor may have come from Philips in > which case we may be waiting a long, long time for the 645NIID
If they can sell it for even 10k why wait, the point is that at 12k it would be far cheaper than the competition. > A full frame 645 sensor isn't impossible, it is just going to give very > low yields. I wonder whether it would be possible to do a sensor cluster > and stitch the output together via software? Isn't the FF sensor in the 1Ds fabricated using two independent sensors? 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
