Graywolf wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >>graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>Mark Roberts wrote: >>>> The chances of Nikon building/buying a semiconductor fab capable of >>>> making APS-size or larger sensors is only marginally greater than zero. >>> >>>What about the chances of their parent company doing it? The have some of the >>>most advanced fabs in the world. >> >>Who's their parent company? > >Mitsubishi.
<Gag> Wow! Now I'm *really* glad I don't own any Nikon gear! (I'm suppressing memories of when I was an electronics technician and worked on Mitsubishi audio and video gear...) Anyway, the chances of Mitsubishi getting into a fab of this kind are only slightly greater than those of Nikon doing so. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
