On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 11:48:46AM -0500, Adam Maas scripsit: > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Graydon <[email protected]> wrote: [I assert Sony wants the other DSLR makers out of business] > >> I suspect if they really wanted to put other DSLR makers out of business > >> they wouldn't be selling sensors to Nikon and Pentax. > > > > Japan does have *some* anti-trust regulation, there may be long-term > > contracts in place, and I'm pretty sure no one but Sony is still using > > Sony sensors for the flagship cameras. Which is (I think) indicative. > > > > Anybody but Sony getting/using the A900/A850 sensor? > > Nikon, in the D3x.
A900, top 9 results on Google Products -- 2,699 USD Release date, September 2009. D3x, same top 9 minus Amazon on Google Products -- 7,499 USD for 2 vendors, 7,999 USD otherwise. More than twice the price. Release date roughly Christmas, 2008. The 5 kUSD price difference is some mix of Sony subsidies to their camera prices, Sony charging Nikon rather differently than they charge themselves, and (presumptively) different actual bill of materials costs. (Though I wouldn't bet the D3x is necessarily more expensive in BOM terms, the 900's viewfinder would be an expensive item, for example.) So, yeah, I'm wrong on the "nobody but Sony" point. I don't think I'm wrong on the "dominant or crushing position" objective on Sony's part. Making Nikon help pay for it is just icing from Sony's point of view. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
