As was discussed awhile back, Kodak would not say if the 10mp Pentax would use their sensor.."because they were disallowed from divulging such information prior to the customer's making such information known". They did confirm that their sensor will be used in the Pentax 645D. This statement may mean absolutely nothing..or...(?)
Jack --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No one knows for sure. There's a ton of speculation. > > The greatest likelihood is that it will be a 16x24mm sensor, just > like the current DSLR bodies, because that is what Pentax is > optimizing for with the DA lens series, and the 10Mpixel Sony sensor > > that Nikon is using happens to be that size too. Since Pentax is > using Sony sensors to date, it makes some sense that they will > continue to do so with the next body ... also since their > collaboration with Samsung had to have gotten started well after the > > development for this new body was moving along, and Samsung hasn't > built a large sensor with this kind of density yet. > > Godfrey > > > On Mar 25, 2006, at 12:22 PM, Roman wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > Whats the sensor size of yet to come 10mpixel Pentax DSLR?. Any > > ideas. Is it going to be same APS-C size or larger. Mostly > > interested to know because this help me select lenses today. All > > excellent Pentax low dispersion - ED - lenses are coming for *istD > > > sensor size. > > > > Info appreciated. > > -- > > home <http://roman.blakout.net/> > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
