Speculation of course but I think Sony would be perfectly happy to sell no cameras and instead supply everyone with sensors. Look at their smartphones. They seem like their phones are entirely designed to show off their sensors as advertisement to Apple.They certainly do.
Sony has mostly taken market share from their own customers.
Because it's hard to compete in that field, be profitable and produce the best sensor tech. The sensors that Nikon use are still designed by NIkon. They are just fabricated by Sony.I am really not sure why the other camera companies still use Sony sensors.
It is only working out for Nikon and Fuji right now.
Again a lot of what they got from RED is in the design of sensors not the fabrication. There is little reason to not have the company that fabricate sensors the best do so for you. Unless of course you want to be in the business of fabrication sensors which most camera companies don't.Canon has held up the best against Sony and they are the only ones not using Sony sensors.
RED has sensor technology behind what Sony has.
Nikon should be trying to phase Sony out.
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