Well, maybe, they'll get v2 firmware too ... 2006/1/17, Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > >
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