John Forbes wrote:
It's interesting to see a famous old German optical company rebadging
Japanese lenses.
It's also interesting to speculate what Pentax will get from this.
Presumably Samsung are going to put some considerable marketing effort
into the camera, and Pentax will as a result be able to make a lot more
camera bodies and lenses than it would otherwise have done. This should
broaden the K-mount user base substantialy, and provide a larger number of
potential buyers for better Pentax camera bodies and lenses.
Now let's see a better Pentax camera body.
I agree. And that's exactly what they announced last October: a rebadged
Pentax (with some Samsung components inside) soon and a jointly developed
new generation later this year.
They are just keeping the announced pace. Not bad at all.
To be noticed:
1 - Apparently, they are keeping the backward compatibility as Pentax does.
I didn't expect that on the Samsung version.
2 - Continuous AF only in Action mode, just like the DS and unlike the
DL/DS2.
Dario
