Heiko Hamann wrote: >Hi Anthony, > >on 11 Oct 02 you wrote in pentax.list: > > > >Canon's strategy might be also quite risky: they must have invested a >lot of money into research and development but I can't imagine that a >11MP Canon 1Ds can compete with a 14MP Kodak that cost only a half. So > No one knows the real price of either system yet. And the Canon body is in a different league than the Nikon.
> >Nikon is in a quite good situation - they don't risk too much with new >but rapdily obsolete products. On the other hand Kodak is their >placeholder for the Nikon system. It might get really thrilling. I've >got the feeling that most producers are waiting for the first step of >the competitors. Or they simply wait for an acceptable availability of >e.g. 10MP chips. But the future seems to be wide open... > > There are chips "off the shelf" though. Look at the MF backs- most are 36xSomething FillFactory said they'd be happy to make a similar chip for someone else. Kodak, Marconi, etc. >>OTOH Pentax is a customer for electronic imaging components. It has to wait >>until a supplier develops a chip before a digicam can be designed to >>incorporate it. >> >> > >This might be the reason for Pentax's joint ventures with HP and >actually Casio. Comparable to Leica&Panasonic. > > Maybe pentax can swap their DVD/CD lens components with a semi company for CMOS sensor production :-). -R
