From: "Brian Walters"
>
On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:03 -0600, "Jeffery Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> This has undoubtedly been asked before, but here goes. Are Samsung
> cameras/lenses corresponding to similar Pentax items not sold in the USA?
> I recall that Samsung started a line of dSLR cameras and lenses (badged
> as Schneider) a year or two ago, but have never heard of or seen them
> since.
I think Samsung's days of re-badging Pentaxes is over. They stopped
doing that with the GX20 (the equivalent of the K20D). They are more
interested now in developing their NX models.
I don't know if the re-badged models were ever sold in the USA (they
probably were) but as they are now superseded, it's not surprising that
they aren't seen.
I thought the Samsung GX10 & GX20 were considered to be co-development
between Pentax & Samasung, rather than simply re-badged Pentaxes.
There were trifling differences in control layout and operation, as well
as Samsung offering only DNG for their raw file.
Any "Schneider Kreuznach" lens made to mount on the GX10 & GX20 should
be KAF2 & usable on Pentax. I think there may have been one or two
Samsung "Schneider Kreuznach" lens designs that were not re-badged
Pentax lenses, but I couldn't say what they were.
I have seen the GX10 at least once, even held one in my hands. As I
remember it, it was almost, but not quite identical to my K-10D.
It was at a Wolf Camera store, and you know how that turned out.
--
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.
