On Aug 11, 2005, at 1:43 AM, Toralf Lund wrote:
Yep. I've always been wondering how much of that, say, $2000 extra is actually made up by the sensor cost, though. It's often mentioned on this list and elsewhere how expensive FF sensors are, but does anyone know what they actually cost? Also, people often talk about how large chips cost a lot more to manufacture because they essentially need higher quality silicon, but how much of the sensor price comes from raw material cost, really?
I don't know prices of the sensor component, but they are expensive. Several hundred dollars at the OEM pricing level. Translate times 7-10 for retail after manufacture.
Much of the price has to do with what percentage of them are junked as not meeting spec in manufacture... the "yield" on such components is frighteningly low, less than 10% of the production is able to be sold.
Godfrey
