On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:49:44 +0200, Cory Papenfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>Umm.... Hello! It's another moot question! Samsung bodies are, and >> >>will always be, re-named Pentax bodies. They will not produce a >> unique >> >>k-mount body. >> > >> > Bold statement. Do you have a source for it? >> >> Of course not; just the same rumor and speculation the rest of you have. Thought so. >> The Samsung deal is all about marketing and (hopefully) resources >> (such as factories, advertising and distribution). The original deal was development only, as far as we know (and IIRC). The latest I heard is that factories are currently being debated. Pentax would like to keep on producing bodies for Samsung. That implies that Samsung is considering their own manufacturing. >> > It would make more sense for both companies and for the potential >> > customer. Same for lenses: rebadged DA's are quite pointless, a >> seperate >> > K-mount Schneider lens line would be welcome. >> >> Re-hashing the Schneider brand is pointless. It's marketing. Who's >> going to design these lenses if not Pentax (or Tokina/Tamron/Sigma)? Several options: Schneider could do it, since they still exist as an optics company, don't they? Samsung could do it themselves. They might currently be borrowing time to set up their own design department. It would even be better if Pentax designed the S-K line, but differently (slower/faster/larger/smaller/whatever) from their own line. Gives the consumer choice, and seperates the brands. Currently it's the simplest form of badge-marketing, which isn't viable in the long run, I think. -- Regards, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
