New Nikon 24mp sensor (D5200) is made by.... Toshiba! New kid on the block?

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phiri
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Re: Why should Sony sell it's biggest advantage to competitors ?
In reply to Sam_Oslo, 5 months ago

Sam_Oslo wrote:

The sensor is the heart of a system, if you remove the Sony sensor from Nikon 800, you can just through it away, you know.

Since Sony has been expanding aggressively including the release of several new high-end lenses (300mm/2.8 and Sony's 500mm f/4, etc..) and the new flagship A99, it's natural to stop selling the biggest advantage to competitors

This kind of logic in Sonyland here is very much twisted. Look, DxO mark shows that Sony sensors are much better than those of Canon and yet canon outsells Sony as well as Nikon. Do you think the make of those lenses can really make the loss in sensor business? Losing Nikon as one of the major buyers means tha Sony has to find another big buyer. Sony sensors are profitable to Sony not because of Sony cameras but other buyers. The only reason why Canon is not changing its fab is because being the only user, money invested in r&d and upgrade of its fab line is limited. i dont think Sony looks at this as most of you look at it.

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