It's not sad, it's smart. If the Samsung name helps move the cameras,
that's a good thing. Make money, build more camera. Life is good.
On Jan 28, 2006, at 9:31 AM, Christian wrote:
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In a message dated 1/27/2006 2:43:59 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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It seems dpreview says the *ist DL2 ios tthe Pentax version of the
Samsung
GX-1X.
I used to believe it was the other way around!
dpreview:
Pentax *istDL2
Pentax has announced a minor upgrade to the *istDL - but only for
users in
Asia and Canada. The *istDL2 offers a couple of extra focus points, a
few
new scene modes and a couple of bits of silver plastic (where the DL
was
all-black). Looking at the spec the DL2 appears to be the Pentax
version
of
the Samsung GX-1S, announced earlier this month, and may be an
indication
of
the intention to sell the future cameras as Pentax branded in some
markets
and Samsung cameras in others (namely Europe and the US).
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Personally, to me, this seems the height of irony.
Marnie aka Doe
How is it "ironic"? What I see is simply branding. Remember, the Ds2
was
not available in Europe, but now our European friends can get the same
camera under the Samsung brand. So what if it is called "Samsung" WE
all
KNOW it is the same camera. There may actually be marketing reasons
behind
this...
To me it is not ironic but sad. Sad that Pentax as a brand is being
diluted
by an electronics giant or that Pentax can't hold its own in the
marketplace
without using the Samsung brand.
Christian
