On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 09:17:49AM +0200, Cornelius Nuzzlemuff III wrote: > Why is it seemingly so difficult to produce a camera with a full frame (35mm) > sensor, if Pentax and many others have/will have MF digitals surely one of > these sensors could be used, even if it has to be masked?
It's not difficult - just expensive. An APS-C sensor costs perhaps $500. A so-called "full frame" sensor, of about twice the area, doesn't cost $1000 - it's more like $2500. And the larger sensor for the MF digital is perhaps closer to $6000. Nobody in their right mind is going to put a $6000 sensor in a camera, and then mask it down so it acts like a $2500 sensor.
