the OEM cost for the sensor, in quantities of 1000, is supposed to be $5K apiece. i don't know if it is $CDN or $USD since the article is on the Luminous Landscape site, which is a Canadian site, and the manufacturer is also Canadian.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:30 PM Subject: Re: Another report on Pentax at CES - FWIW > Since you mention Hasselblad; have you looked at the specs > for the H1D? 22Megapixel (from a giant 37mm x 49mm sensor), > 16 bits per colour component, and even an optional four-frame > multishot mode that makes for 528MB RAW files. It's just as > well that it comes with a built-in 40GB hard drive.

