Shel Belinkoff wrote on 03.10.05 4:25: > 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? Unlikely, or we will end with Pentax DSLR with 1.7x crop ;-) I think that could be sensor that is supposed to be used in forthcoming Nikon D200 with 10.4 MP and full APS-C size.
-- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

