Whoops! I thought it was larger than the sensor size in the current Pentax D siblings. I now see that it's not. Oh well ....
Shel "Am I paranoid or perceptive?" > [Original Message] > From: Rob Studdert > > 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? > > A sub-APS sized sensor with 1.7x crop factor, no thanks.
