retrofocus wrote: bjornthun wrote:
Nikonrumors has already picked up on the part about Sony not selling certain sensors to third parties, Link. The tone seems a bit worried.
Likely the former Sony-Nikon sensor arrangement is going to expire, and for Sony it might no longer be beneficial to sell their technology to Nikon as it was 4-5 years ago. The way Sony is moving, they might decide simply to keep the new sensor technology in their own cameras first before selling the 2nd and 3rd generation sensors to third parties.
In this case, Nikon might also start to work on their own mirrorless cameras in the next couple of years to come (which they likely were restricted to do so in the current Sony-Nikon arrangement with sensors)
Sony still sells sensors to Nikon, the new 500 uses the old 58 sensor. Who is left? Toshiba sensors are a division of Sony. Do you think Nikon will buy Canon sensors?
Mar 18, 2017 at 12:02 PM
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