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Okay so the source is Mistral apparently, he knows his shit so it's probably legitimate.
This will be available to the others in theory, but in practice they won't be able to afford it with th way Sony Semiconductor's business model works:
You don't just pay for the sensor, you pay for the feature.
>16bit colour channel
>8k30P@12bit
>8K60p@10bit
>on-chip PDAF
Each of these features will be locked by default, and you have to cough up the license cost to unlock it.
And trust me it will be veeeeeeeery expensive to unlock the 16bit license, Sony isn't an affordable foundry, they are expensive as fuck to order from.
Most likely Phase One will remain the only customer who orders the 16 bit license. And their pricing to recoup from the license cost is through the roof.
And Sony Imaging too of course, they are the only exception among the current market who can get 16 bit for cheap since they are the sister company to the foundry.
