Five years ago, you would have been considered insane if you thought Sony would today be dominating the image sensors industry that’s found in traditional DSLR cameras, as well as mirrorless and mobile like the iPhone.

 The Pentax K-1 uses the Sony A7r 36MP sensor (with ISO that goes up to 204800)

The K-1 uses a 5 axis stabilization. But unlike Sony Pentax uses it also for two additional features: High res mode and Astrotracing! 

Specifically, the K-1 is using the Sony 36.4MP Full-Frame CMOS Sensor which can be found in the Sony a7R. This important for two reasons – number one being that while Sony has dominated the pro-consumer industry for some time, we’re now starting to see them turn their attention more towards professionals (evident with their G Master Lens lineup). In turn, the industry is recognizing and embracing Sony sensors in their own cameras. While the immediate impact to Sony’s bottom line is obvious, making money from image sensors sold, the long term implications are even more rewarding which is reason number two. As Sony is able to produce more and more chips on far larger scales, the cost of each sensor manufactured will fall. This not only means that the image sensors they sell to their competitors are more profitable, but so are the cameras that Sony makes and sells.

Discuss:

What do you about the Pentax K-1 utilizing a Sony image sensor?

[Via SonyAlphaRumors]