Pentax or Samsung

All this talk about Pentax & Samsung as to which is the better camera surely it's down to personal choice and if they are the same and owned by Pentax then why isnt there a forum section on Samsung so that we can hear what Samsung owners have to say and to hear there views on this subject. . Also all lenses will fit each other so that makes the scope for changing lenses even larger especialy when samsung really get going.

Richard

Hi Richard,

Pentax don't own Samsung, they just went into some sort of partnership which presumably entailed a lot of knowledge and technology sharing, and resulted in the K10D/GX10. I suspect all lenses from Samsung will essentially be rebadged Pentaxes (arguably without SMC), and I doubt they will offer anything in this area that Pentax don't.

I suspect there's a 'Samsung User' forum somewhere, but as this is fundamentally a Pentax user forum, it would seem a bit strange to include Samsung, especially as the range may well diverge (the compacts are already different).

Dan

I read in another magazine review that the Samsung came out on top. Should'nt Pentax be concerned about this or is it just a load of hype ?

Samsung has more advertising dollars.......

My copy of Practical Photographer dropped thru the letter box today and they have a head-to-head test. Findings are that they perform the same but the £100 price difference makes Samsung better value...

The same mag also marks down the 100mm D-FA Macro in terms of value...

Pentax ought to be concerned as the man on the street or new DSLR user may not be as swayed as us by wanting to stick with Pentax.

If you were totally new to photography what would you choose? Pentax brand or £100 spare in your pocket...

From a personal point of view, I'm very happy with my K10D and what I paid for it - I for one wouldn't have bought Samsung... Brand loyalty, brand snobbery? Yes, I guess so...