Originally posted by thibs Blah, Sony Will give nikon 6 to 12 months exclusivity so don't hold your breath for that Sony sensor.
Thibs is absolutely correct. Nikon has an exclusivity agreement with Sony. I believe it is for six months. Nikon has been pushing back the release of the FF D700 replacement (the D700s or D800, whatever it will be called). The new Nikon FF is supposed to use the new low cost Sony FF sensor and it was supposed to be released earlier this month. Nikon has been pushing back the release, I believe partly to block other manufacturers from the all important holiday shopping season.
If Pentax were to release a FF camera at the end of this year it wouldn't have a FF sensor from Sony. That would leave Samsung or Kodak sensors.
The rep doesn't mention a Pentax FF camera but hints that it would knock a FF camera's socks off. I'm guessing a backlit APS-C sensor. Sourced from Samsung? I doubt Sony would give Pentax a sensor like this before offering it to Nikon first.
Just my speculation, but a backlit CMOS would have extreme ISO performance. I thought I read somewhere that Backlit sensors also boost tonal range or dynamic range of the sensor, but don't hold me to that.
It's interesting but I still want a true FF K Mount DSLR from Pentax.
P.S. Don't Toshiba and Fuji also make backlit sensors?