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.

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Balance is the ultimate good...

Best Regards
Sylwek

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