The Samsung is VERY different. Completely different sensor for starters (APS-C sensor instead of a 1/2.33" weenie sensor) and moderately different control layout.
-Adam On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Luiz Felipe <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, maybe there is a third camera in this package - that new Samsung > offering with interchangeable lenses is very much like the Pentax and the > Nikon. Who's making what parts is a good question indeed. > > What if the Samsung is the full project, with Pentax and Nikon as side > models with their own specific agendas? > > LF > > Adam Maas escreveu: >> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:32 AM, John Celio <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It's a rebadged Nikon P90 (which likely isn't originally a Nikon, but >>>>> some Chinese OEM's product). >>>> >>>> Might be the same on the inside, but certainly not on the outside. >>>> >>>> And of course Pentax Optics are superior. >>>> >>>> Check it out... >>>> >>>> http://homepage.mac.com/jomac/X70%20vs%20P90/ >>> >>> I think you got that somewhat backwards. The outsides are very similar, >>> with some minor cosmetic changes here and there, but the insides are more >>> likely to be pretty different because of Pentax's SR system. Obviously >>> the >>> Nikon has a flip-out screen, which I think Pentax was a little foolish to >>> leave off (unless it was a condition of their use of that camera chassis >>> at >>> the same time as Nikon), but otherwise the bodies are virtually the same. >>> >>> Also, whether or not the Pentax version's optics are any better could be >>> up >>> for debate, since it doesn't specify SMC on the lens. That would lead me >>> to >>> suspect that Pentax has very little to do with the manufacturing of this >>> camera's body and lens, and that they simply supply the electronic guts >>> to >>> the OEM manufacturer for assembly. I'm slightly disappointed, but if it >>> turns out to be a good camera then it won't really matter. I've already >>> recommended it to my dad. >>> >>> John >> >> Pentax may not even be supplying the internal electronics. >> Sensor-shift stabilization is common in the P&S world. It's more >> likely that Nikon is supplying the lens stabilization unit for the P90 >> and Pentax is relying on the OEM. It's clearly the same sensor in the >> P90 and X70. >> >> > > -- > Luiz Felipe > luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br > http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
