Yup, the D7000 sensor is made by Sony. Incidentally, I bought my good lady a Sony NEX-C3 recently, 16.2 MP sensor too as it happens. Results are strikingly similar to my D7000. If I were a betting man.......
niXer wrote:
Sony makes the best sensors and Nikon then tweaks them to make them better and to their specifications.
Pentax also uses Sony, Canon makes their own and I am not sure on Olympus and others.
Not a big deal because it happens all over. Apple and Samsung are suing each other but that lovely screen on the new iPad is a Samsung.
as to the "best" i wouldn't want to say that as if it were a fact. there are a few more makers that generally don't show up on the "well known" radar. the former "Kodak KAF " sensors (now in the hands of an investor group after being sold off and called Truesense) and Dalsa (which has a few products out there that are "beyond the average") also aptina (J1/V1)
