David Savage wrote: > On 10/20/07, Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'd actually be surprised if they went for a 12 or 14 bit variant from >> Sony, or any 3rd party producer, seeing as the K10D has a special A/D >> converter designed by Pentax. >> > > I don't believe they designed the A/D converter. No, probably not. I didn't choose my wording carefully when I said they did. The point was that they are using an A/D different from the one that's supplied by or recommended the sensor producer, and that's (I think) integrated into the image processing chip - so the sensor variants suggested don't quite seem to fit in. > Evidence suggests > that it was an off the shelf item from Nucore. >
> Remember the 22bit marketing hype before the K10D was released?: > Distinctly... > <http://www.nucoretech.com/nu3/20_products/tech_backgrounder/ndx-2240_start.html> > <http://www.nucoretech.com/nu3/images/80_downloads/pb_ndx2240.us.pdf> > > Cheers, > > Dave > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
