Originally posted by K-9 The Samsung bodies are always overpriced when first released (as is the NX1 body at $1499), but they tend to drop rather quickly.
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This.
Samsung cameras are just like Pentax in as far as price dropping goes. Not all brands are like this - look at how much a Canon 7D (2010 model and just replaced) is going for right now! Camera sales (Compact, DSLR & MILC) are slumping all over these days, and what was last year's "Gold Award, DSLR of the Year" (K-3) is now "a bargain" in a bundle with so much stuff (grip, flash) that ostensibly the body is selling for less than the cost of the new 20MP plastic fantastic w/ disco lights.
I'm thinking an NX1 with a "speedbooster" PK-NX mount adapter (not the Samsung glassless one), might be just the ticket for some folks, including me. I don't think Samsung is going to slow down making cameras while their TV and Phone and IC divisions are raking it in... it's a point of pride for them to beat Sony on all fronts.