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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Leica M Monochrom Rumor - harbinger of a new(er) M coming? | |
Mescalamba wrote:
Not sure its true, cause they always used Kodak sensors (even M240 is from same people, just brandame is different). There isnt much more to be squeezed from those sensors. Sure electronics werent up to date (M9 is.. bit slow to say at least), but sensors are simply kinda "old when new".
Not sure about this. From my understanding, Kodak only supplied sensors, such as for the DMR, M8, M9, S2. M8 and M9 (and assume DMR) electronics were outsourced (the company's name escapes me but was mentioned in an interview with Leica about the M9's development - electronics weren't done in-house due to limited resources, so were pretty much ported over from the M8, hence the reason the M9's electronics 'feel' old...). S2 electronics development was in-house, though the Maestro processor is from Fujitsu. The M240 is similar, though the sensor is from CMOSIS (since acquired by ON Semi), the founders of which were previously from FillFactory. FillFactory supplied Kodak with the 14MP FF sensor for the DCS-14 camera. I can't find any reference, upon a cursory search, of a connection between FillFactory and Kodak's in-house sensor division....
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