It is said the CCD had low yields and bad reliability, I think Philis eventually discontinued it. They also say the camera was built specifically around that CCD and would have required a lot of reworking to use another.
No one really knows though. >From wiki: "In October 2003, Pentax canceled the camera, stating "The cost of manufacturing the prototype SLR 6-megapixel digital camera meant it was not a viable product for our target market."[1] The MZ-D was to use the same 6 megapixel (3072×2048) full 135 film frame sized (24×36 mm) CCD (model FTF3020-C) from Philips that was used by the Contax N Digital. The lack of success of that camera and the image quality problems it displayed suggest to some that Pentax may have had other reasons than cost to cancel the MZ-D project." On 5/28/07, Wilko Bulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 11:10:53AM -0400, AlexG wrote.. > > "MR-52" digital SLR camera (2000) > > An unnamed digital SLR camera, introduced Sep. 13th 2000, and then > > displayed at Photokina 20 25 Sep. 2000. Its project designation is > > MR-52. > > 6-megapixels CCD sensor by Philips and full image format (24x36mm) are > > the new breakthroughs in digital photography. Other specifications > > like the "sister" film camera above. Also see the Photokina report. > > > > They didn't miss the boat > > > > Philips screwed them with the ccd. > > Like how? > > Wilko > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Wanna get in shape? Set a goal, snap a pic of youself, and join the PDML Traineo group! http://pdml.groups.traineo.com/ "Because only Nikonians should be fatsos!" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
