it depends on which company is willing to commit more resources to this. if
it is Samsung, what they want to get out of it may be different from what
Pentax does. for one thing, an aggressive player with money means the
possibility of significant price drops in DSLRs, which would be good for the
consumer, but won't help either company's bottom line a lot since profit
margins will drop a lot. it may mean sales of Pentax logo bodies might not
change much and the total Pentax K DSLR body market may rise mostly in
Samsung bodies. it may also mean that the Samsung insists on a departure
from the traditional SLR form to distinguish the cameras from others. if
Pentax continues to be the lens designer and OEM, then Pentax stands to make
a bunch more money since profit margins are pretty high on lenses and should
remain so. the rumors from Japan are that there will be two DSLRs from
Pentax/Samsung next year, a $700 body in the spring and a $2000 body in the
fall, both with Samsung sensors. this also means that the camera Tom was
talking about is either pretty much finalized and only waiting to be
announced, or it has been shelved for next fall as the combined
Pentax/Samsung announcement.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylwester Pietrzyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 5:26 AM
Subject: Re: HOT NEWS: Pentax +Samsund DSLRs
Great news! Now the future of DSLRs with K-mount is much brighter,
althought
not every of these products would carry Pentax logo! Samsung is now
powerful
company - both economic and marketing wise!
