I saw no reference to a lens mount—only to the purchase of sensors. Leica sensors are Kodaks, and Kodak just sold their solid-state parts division with no indication of what its future may be. Also Kodak now is on life-support.
Japanese companies have always supplied each other with parts. I see no basis for calling the rumor rubbish. Just because Leica has been using Kodak sensors for years, does not make it Kodak.
You are quite right. I thought there was a reference/rumour about the new mirrorless from Fuji using Leica lenses. Which is laughasble as Fujinon glass is amongst the best in the world. Fuji make the entire Hasselblad H series (lenses and camera) so if Hasselblad can buy off Fuji then little Leica can of course do the same.
If this organic sensor turns out to be the next big thing then it would not be too much of a stretch of the imagination to see Nikon using it. Perhaps this is why we have not seen the new D400 or D800 so far?!?!?
I recall seeing mention that Nikon has also patented new sensor technology that may or may not have similar design. If the Fuji design is superior and cheaper to produce, it is entirely possible that Nikon would negotiate part or all of the technology. If so, we may or may not know it is a Fuji.
Nikon built a number of dSLRs with Fuji sensors, but they were marketed as Fuji cameras–so there is a history. On the other hand, Nikon has shown itself to not be locked to any one supplier. While many of the sensors are fabbed by Sony Semiconductor Company, there have also been sensors from Aptina and Nikon itself.
Realize that Sony Semiconductor is a semi-autonomous company–part of the Sony conglomerate–not involved in building cameras, just as Nikon is part of Mitsubishi, but not involved in building ships or banking.
Sony's camera company is just another customer for chips in the eyes of the semiconductor company. Within Sony, often the left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing. When current high-honcho Howard Stringer took office, he did a survey of the conglomerate and found an appalling amount of redundancy–Sony companies directly competing against each other with similar products, and thus undercutting the price of products in the marketplace.
When someone says that the sensor in a Nikon is a Sony, it could mean that they found a P&S sensor at a good price, bought it and installed it just like any other part they acquired from a supplier.
It could also mean that Nikon and Sony engineers contracted for each other's intellectual property on some aspects of the design, thus lowering the cost of production for both. In cameras seemingly sharing sensors, Nikon's version always seems to have an edge in performance and quality.
Finally it may mean that Nikon's team designed the part in-house and contracted Sony Semiconductor to fab it. With NDAs, even though the camera company is also carrying the Sony name, they would have no access to details from either Nikon or Sony Semiconductor.
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