Timber, IIRC, the K10D and its Samsung sibling are very similar but run different firmware. The same is likely to be true of the K20D and GX-20.
Rick --- Timber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yup. So far I know that's one of the reasons why the > Pentax cameras come > out under the name of Samsung. Many koreans don't > buy japanese products. > I was talking with a korean girl once and she told > me that in Korea > Samsung is quite unbeatable in photography market. > > I was already about asking a question earlier. I > know this is a Pentax > Discuss Mail List, but what about the Samsung users? > Since I am thinking > about buying a Samsung GX-20 instead of the Pentax > K20D because the > hungarian service for the Pentax (and Tamron, Canon, > Sigma) is terrible. > I can't understand how a company like Pentax could > make contract with > them. Here's a little story: I had a little incident > with my Pentax K10D > last 3rd of october, I have a Miranda made 2x and I > had a probably > faulty Tamron Adaptall adaptor (later I found out it > was Ricoh not PK), > which worked quite well with the camera but with the > 2x it made a little > fault in my 1 month old K10D, the aperture moving > arm (or what's the > name) is stopped at the top and won't goes back. I > brought my camera to > the service with all the papers the next day (4th of > October). About 2 > weeks later I called them to ask about the camera. > They told me it can't > be made under the guarantee so they will send me a > letter with the > costs. 2 weeks later I called them again because I > had no words from > them. They told me the same like 2 weeks earlier. So > I went to their > shop and signed the no-guarantee paper. The costs > was 40'000 HUF (that's > ~220$). Again no words from them for 2 weeks so time > to call... They > told me that they are going to send the camera to > Germany because they > can't fix it there. 2 more weeks and when I called > them they told me the > price went up to 71'000 HUF (~390$). Almost the half > of the camera with > kit lens... I told them that it's way too much and I > can't understand > how did the price going up almost twice to what it > was. The girl on the > phone told me she will ask her boss. Her boss called > me and explained > that they have to replace the whole bayonett and > shutter (so like almost > all the mechanics... LOL?) and the picture > processing panel. This was > the point when the whole thing became interesting to > me so I started to > argue with the guy and in the end he said that the > panel may not needed > to be replaced :D He promised me to call me back in > 10 minutes because > he is busy at the moment and can't write down my > email adress where he > could send the contract. 30 minutes later I sent my > email adress to him > in SMS. Withing 1 minute he called me and was very > rude with me and was > angry because I can't wait till he calls me and why > do I rush him > because he's a busy man etc. So we argued a little > more :D Anyway at the > middle/end of december I received a letter from them > what I've to send > back signed so they will repair my K10D (what took 1 > month to them to > send this letter... I don't know). At the begining > of January I called > them and cancelled the repair (I found an other > repair shop who could > help me) and they promised to give my K10D back > ASAP. 4 weeks later I > was finally able to get my unrepaired K10D... So it > took almost 4 months > and my camera is still damaged (I mean my other K10D > :P) and I highly > doubt that it was sent to Germany any time... I > really believe they just > wanted to cheat and get the money from me for > something that would be > still under the guarantee. Tomorrow I will take it > to an other repair > shop and wonder what will be their price... And the > joke in all they are > the only service in Hungary who will repair Pentax > stuff under guarantee... > > Sorry for this little off-topic rant, but as you see > I am thinking 5x to > buy any Pentax, Tamron, Sigma or Canon product > because of this. Samsung > has their own service here and not just a > contractor, so even if I love > Pentax (and I really do :D) I am thinking about to > get a Samsung because > of this and only this. This is great way how a > company can loose a > fan... a customer. > > .timber > > keith_w wrote: > > That site is Korean. Is Samsung a Korean company? > > > > keith > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
