Michael Reichmann is certainly adamant that someone is going to unveil a camera using the full frame 35mm 10 Megapixel Foeveon at PMA.
There is some speculation as to whether this is due to confusion over the fact that the Sigma chip is called 10M, but someone emailed Michael and he said "he was sure it was 10MP and not 10 million photosites. His answer was yes, it's a full frame (35mm) 10MP Foveon chip. Now the big question is which manufacturer." Michael has hinted that he has an inkling who it is, but wont talk. My guesses would be: Canon - Nope they are happy as they are for now. Kodak - ditto Fuji - Seem committed to CCD Nikon - possible, we are waiting for their full frame but I reckon they are already committed to their current chip supplier for this Olympus - nope, they have changed format. Minolta - nope, they have said they aint going there yet... And I believe them Pentax - Possible, but surely they would get the APS model out first? Would be nice to think it was them and they do have the body waiting for it. I can see why it would appeal to Pentax as a way into the market. Sigma - Possible, we know they have been looking for Foveon full frame for a while. So Pentax or Sigma would seem most likely. I would normally guess Sigma, except Michael seemed to hint that it would be someone different. I can see why foveon would be keen to get another camera maker signed up too, and what a thing to tempt them with! But then wouldn't Sigma be p****d off with them for not supplying them first? Lets wait and see... Looks like the Photokina-esque speculation will be even bigger for PMA!! > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 03 December 2002 02:23 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Pentax D10? > > > Hi, > > I'm not evening going to speculate on wether this is correct > or not. But it would make send that this would be sold along > with the DSLR which has previousely been mentioned with the > 'APS' sized sensor. > > It would be similar to the Canon D60 and 1D combo and the > Nikon D100 and D1X/D1H combo. A pro and consumer version, > maybe the one with the smaller sensour would end up in a > standard MZ body and the 10mp one in the MZ-S body. > > Regards, > Paul > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 1:03 PM > Subject: Fw: Pentax D10? > > > > I pass this on without comment. > > > > William Robb > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Brian > > To: William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 1:29 PM > > Subject: Pentax D10? > > > > > > > The rumors are getting pretty interesting. > > > > > > I just heard one from a retailer about a "Pentax D10" that > > will employ a > > > full frame 10 megapxiel Foveon sensor(no typo - full frame 10 > > meg > > > foveon). The individual even claimed to see a spec sheet- 3 > > FPS, JPG and > > > RAW recording, multi color space selection, and expected > > retail of > > > ..err..$4,999 (I find this price hard to believe). According > > to him > > > Pentax will steal the spotlight at PMA and drop 2 bomb shells > > that will > > > give Canon and Nikon and Kodak a serious run for the money. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Mike > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > http://www.phototracks.net > > > > > <http://www.dpreview.com/misc/rdr.asp?url=http://www.phototracks > > .net> > > > > > > >
