There is something I don't understand. According to Thom Hogan, Nikon design a number of their own sensors even though fabrication may be carried out by another party (e.g., Sony, Aptina etc). If we believe the claim that Sony is able to lead the sensor development field because they have the luxury of testing their designs on smartphones first, then Nikon will have limited success with their designs. However, that is not true... some Nikon sensors are supposedly even better (according to DXOMark) than the Sony equivalents!
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