Possible New Pentax User

Apart from the DA* 60-250mm f4 every single piece of equipment I have is second hand (and that includes the memory cards).

6 pages of someone trying decide if they should buy a Pentax camera .. thats got to be a record.

Very easy, this site first, ebay, srs, then;

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There are plenty others to help you spend your hard earned, or ill gotten.

Davex.

Thanks guys I just really wanted some reassurance that I will be able to get plenty of used kit a bit like with my Sony kit I don't think I bought anything aside from the camera brand new.
It looks like I will be the owner of a brand new GX20 and probably my next purchase will be a 12-24 and a 55-300 to give me a cracking spread of lens to get cracking with.

Hehe I know I wanted to be sure but you guys have been amazing help!

There doesn't seem to be a definitive answer to this question, but given that Samsung and Pentax were effectively in a partnership it would seem strange for Pentax to force Samsung to have a different coating put on their lenses.

But, strange things happen.

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The K20D would be my first choice! PENTAX makes a statement, SAMSUNG makes refridgerators...

(Just a joke all you Samsung owners, I like it BIG TIME)

But then again Samsung can't force Pentax to use Pentax SMC and other coatings on Samsung branded lenses.

Then again we don't know what kind of deal they have but everything is possible like you said.

Agreed about the answer, but if they are the same Pentax badges must be quite expensive.

Well I will need to have a play with the GX20 in the shop as I don't remember ever seeing one to make sure I like it before I buy it but I'm more than satisfied that the image quality will be up to scratch.
Been offered a swap of a Nikon D300 for my Olympus E620, it seems a good deal but I'm actually not convinced that its going to be that much better than a GX20.

Image quality they are they same but they both have their own features.
D300 will have a faster AF and number of shots a second but besides that there is not much in between them.

Thanks mate, I'm not too keen on the D300 I've heard that its low light performance isn't very good, infact the GX20 seems to get a better write up on low iso than the D300.

Faster AF and Shots per second are not a huge concern for me!

But on the other hand you could do the trade and if you didnt get on with the D300 then it would be a lot easier to sell on than the Olympus.

Yeah thats true I guess, I will have a play with the GX20 in the shop before I commit to it, I just feel its too good a deal to pass up, as I've made around £900 from selling my Olympus Kit, £550 for the GX20 and 16-45, factor in maybe £30 for some SDHC cards leaves me £300 odd left over, I will be buying another lens before Christmas, maybe a wide angle or zoom which would be paid for.
I imagine I would have to pay around £300 on top of my E620 in a trade for a D300 as they seem to be going for around £800 used on Ebay.
That said I don't doubt its quality, I'm sure I could get a buyer for the GX20 on here if I really didn't get on with it!

Well I managed to get a shot of a Pentax K20D today and was very impressed with its handling and build, it seems to be a nice weighty camera and I assume the GX20 will be almost the same, very impressed!

I'm selling one of my K20's if your interested