Joseph Tainter wrote:
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
I'd bet on Schneider's coating techology will be used for the Samsung
lenses. probably similar in performance to SMC.
-Adam
