I've not been reading all the messages in this thread, so maybe I missed something about this.
Pentax buys their sensors from Sony, iirc. Sony has just announced, or released, a new camera, the DSC-R1, which uses a Sony-made, 10mp CMOS sensor with the dimensions of 14mm x 21mm. The camera has a retail price of $1,000.00. Seems like Pentax might do well to take advantage of this sensor if they can, and if Sony's putting out a camera for $1,000.00 it seems that the sensor price might be reasonable enough for Pentax to come out with a very competitively priced camera. Any comments on this? Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton > The crux of the problem here is sensor suppliers. Pentax is moving > just as fast to release the *istD successor as Nikon is to releasing > the D200 - both are waiting on the sensor. Until then, all either can > do is make another variation of the 6mp Sony sensor. Pentax has the > *istD, DS, DL, DS2 and Nikon has the D100, D70, D70S and D50 - amazing > how they basically match model for model.
