I don't think Sigma will want to do it. I believe they see
the Foveon camera as a breakthrough to persuade people to buy
into their own mount and make it more credible. I think they
would like to be a proper OEM which just happens to make
lenses for other mounts. If they made a K mount DSLR, then
who would buy the Sigma mount???
Now if Tamron or Tokina or someone new/different wanted to
enter the DSLR marketplace, then K mount would be a sensible
place to start as there is an untapped market waiting. There
are currently no signs of anyone wanting to do this though.
The best bet for 3rd party bodies would seem to be Kodak or
Fuji, but they seem pretty commited to their choices and
probably have to keep Nikon sweet to keep their body supplies going.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Len Paris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 15 October 2002 11:14
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: An (Un)educated Guess about Pentax and future
> > Digital Single Lens Reflex Offerings
> >
> >
> > The Foveon chip does show some promise to be a viable, less
> > expensive, technology than either CCD or CMOS. Sigma has the
> > Foveon production output pretty well tied up. It's not
> > unheard of for camera makers to have bodies made by other
> > companies, when they want to get into an aspect of a
> > technology that they believe they need to be in, while they
> > work on their own line of equipment, or negotiate for a
> > better position in the technology.
> >
> > I, believe it's not a bad thing to do. A new technology
> > competing with CCD and CMOS could be of benefit to us all.
> >
> > Len
> > ---
> >
> >
> > > BTW You didn't say if you thought that it was a good or bad
> > > direction for them to take?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Rob Studdert
> >
> >
> >
>
