Originally posted by surfar Not sure but the TJ sensor is more advanced than the old $ony one in K1/D810.
I would hope so the K-1 sensor is based on 7-8 year old sensor tech. It still yields amazing image quality, but its really to slow for mirrorless. Just look at the Fuji GFX 50 or the A7r. Neither of them can AF ins low light very well at all. The next generation of Fuji MF cameras are going to be very good.
I think Sony has a clear advantage in sensors and mirrorless. Maybe Nikon will buy TJ to bring that part of the production in-house. Just the sheer volume of sensors that Sony designs and manufactures allows them to spread the R&D costs out of many different products. Sony was using the same wafer for the D800, D810, K-1, K-5, K-5II, K-5IIs, A7r, 645z, GFX-50, Fuji X-T-1, Fuji X-Pro, and what ever Nikon APS-C camera were using the same 16MP sensor. That is a whole lot of different cameras using the same sensor tech/wafer. I don't think TJ is going to get that kind of volume out of the D850 sensor unless they can sell it to Ricoh or other manufacturers. My guess is that Nikon actually designed the sensor and TJ is simply the fabricator and that is going to make it an expensive sensor, but it will be exclusive to Nikon.