SCraig
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... Most people say K-5 and E-3 is some of the best constructed bodies.
Most people? I've never heard it said, or read it said, or said it myself. I've never seen such a poll anywhere either. Perhaps you should have said "Some" people or "A Few" people or "Sony Users". Did someone start a poll that asked every photographer what the best constructed body is? Otherwise it's hard to believe that "Most" stated that Sony was.
The actual Sony-manufactured sensor is no more or less important than the rest of the entire system. All the actual sensor does is measure light amplitude on each pixel. The Bayer array, which may or may not be Sony, I don't know, processes the chroma information. The metering system, the exposure firmware, the image processing firmware, the body, the mirror and pentaprism / pentamirror system, the shutter system, and everything else are Nikon or Canon. Everything has to be designed to work hundreds of times on a small battery without recharging (and I might point out that the absolute WORST battery eaters I've ever owned were Sony cameras). The camera is designed to repeat everything hundreds of thousands of times, with absolutely repeatable accuracy, and without major failure.And how can Nikon outpreform pentax and sony when they all use the same sensor?
That Sony-manufactured sensor is unquestionably important to the overall system, but it's nothing without everything else.