Op Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:19:22 +0100 schreef Dario Bonazza
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Lucas Rijnders"
Did anyone else notice that the photo's leaked in December were of a
GX-1L, with a slightly different mode dial. Could there be a second
Samsung D-SLR coming soon?
I did. That will probably be the Samsung incarnation of the *istDL, or
of a next DL2.
Thought you would :o) Funny the second model would be leaked before the
first.
2 - Continuous AF only in Action mode, just like the DS and unlike
the DL/DS2.
This would be even more surprising. They would include advanced
features like a Penta-prism, 11 point AF, a high degree of backward
compatibility but retain that stupid restriction?
Maybe their policy is to differentiate Samsung and Pentax just by
software, not by hardware.
If so, the Samsungs will usually miss some "minor features" (i.e. menu
items).
Still, The MZ-60 is software-restricted to autofocus lenses (F and later)
only, if I remember correctly. I'd differentiate on major issues, not menu
items. Otherwise there is a big chance 95% of your cliënts won't notice
the difference...
Having one full backward-compatible, enthousiast oriented brand and one
consumer oriented AF-only brand would make sense IMO. You could even pitch
it as one to compete with Nikon F, the other to take on Canon EOS.
As an aside: Samsung beat Sony to the D-SLR market ;-)
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Regards, Lucas
