In a message posted on Kyocera's Japanese website the company informs those buyers who were expecting to be able to purchase the camera today that the sale of this camera has been delayed by 13 days. The new official sale date for the N Digital (at least in Japan) is now March 25th 2002. For those who don't know the Contax N Digital is the first digital SLR with a full frame (36 x 24 mm) sensor. The sensor is a six megapixel unit made by Philips. This camera was first announced in the summer of 2000, the camera is expected to go on sale for US$7,000.