Re: Samsung DSLR announced

[Joseph Tainter]

The metal-colored shield on the left side of the lens, near the 
lens mount, appears to read "Digital Samsung SA." This is the 
shield that on DA lenses reads "SMC Pentax DA."

So is the lens series Samsung SA or Schneider-Kreuznach D-Xenon? 
 Or is the metal shield design team not talking to the lens 
front design team?

RAW format will be SEF? Or DNG? Will Photoshop convert SEF RAW 
files?

If the Samsung lenses lack SMC coating, then a two-tiered lens 
system will emerge. Pentax lenses with SMC will be the 
higher-end lenses. Since the low end of the market is covered by 
the Samsung lenses, Pentax will have less need to compete on 
price. So will the price of SMC Pentax lenses rise? You heard it 
first here.

Joe