Also, the fish-eye is not much of a fish-eye on a DSLR, so that price might be a bit optimistic.

G

I should be very surprised if this first camera produces anything other than PEF files. For the futue, who knows.

G

Don,

With respect, Pentax were planning to produce a very good full-frame DSLR based on the MZ-S. The chip turned out to be terrible, and they had to abandon their plans.

This set them back two or three years.

G

Samsung is a company that deals in volumes, not niche products. They expect to sell a lot of these cameras, and that will provide Pentax with the resources to improve and develop its range.

If Pentax makes the gear for Samsung, great; but if Samsung makes it, Pentax will receive a royalty.

My guess is that within twelve months, sales of K-mount DSLRs will be ten or twenty or even a hundred times what they are now, if not more. There will be a price war with Canon, and K-M, Nikon, and Olympus will feel the squeeze.

Interesting times.

G

Golfdiesel wrote:

"But if the Samsung will be cheaper or the same price then the Pentax version I wouldn't hesitate to buy the Samsung."

That's the rational approach. Let's hope that future similar cameras with different brandings will be close enough in price that we can afford to be emotional.

G

On another forum, somebody pointed out that this probably WILL be available in Europe.

I'd prefer to import a Pentax, however, if I wanted a DS2.

G

Zeiss lenses are excellent. Nearly as good as Takumars.

G

You can leave it on Av, but with the lens stopped down. Open it up to focus/compose, but stop down before shooting.

Alternatively, stop down, and meter the same way as with K/M lenses in manual.

Whatever you do, stop down before pressing the shutter.

G

Whoops! You're right. It's so long since I've done it, that I had forgotten that it was the colour space designation, not RAW/JPEG, that causes the change.

G

Image names change when you shift from jpeg to RAW, and vice-versa.

G