Well, I'm sure we'll see Chicken Little moaning about it here. But, in the grand scheme of things, I'm sure there are more people out in the real world who will buy it, based on the Samsung brand name, than would buy *anything* with a Pentax nameplate (even if it were a D200 competitor at a DS2 price).
On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 04:31:24PM -0700, Tom C wrote: > Just what everyone wanted! Sorry, I had to be the first to say it. > > Tom C. > > > > > >From: David Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Samsung DSLR announced > >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:20:26 +1000 > > > >From dpreview news: > >http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06011602samsunggx1s.asp > > > >"It's been rumoured for weeks, leaked ahead of annoucement and now it's > >here; Samsung's first digital SLR, and the first fruit of the Samsung / > >Pentax tie-in announced in October. The GX-1S is a lightweight 6 megapixel > >camera with a 2.5-inch screen, ISO up to 3200 and a Pentax AF lens mount. > >Nothing we haven't seen before; the GX-1S is a rebadged Pentax *ist DS2 > >(there's some new Schneider lenses too, but they also appear to be > >straight re-badge jobs)." > > > > > >Cheers, > >David > > >
