Well I wasn’t expecting that TowerJazz manager to be that direct. At minute 8 of the video above you hear him say that
He sees a problem in the fact that Sony is also a camera market. So for example if there is competition on the supply Sony may give themselves the benefit instead of Nikon.
Of course Towerjazz is a direct Sony competitor and has an obvious interest to win over client like Nikons. But I guess that yes it must somehow uncomfortable for Nikon to know that they totally depend from Sony’s will.
There are wild rumors saying that Samsung is planing to make APS-C and FF sensors again in collabroation with Fuji (read the ISOCELL Plus press stext here). Maybe Nikon should try to partner with them?