Originally posted by Douglas_of_Sweden I might get a good price on the Samsung D-Xenon 100mm f2.8 macro. What I understand this is a re-badged version of the D-FA 100mm f2.8 macro. Is there something I will loose with the Samsung version compared to the Pentax original?
I looked into this a while ago when I bought mine. I wanted the Pentax version but the Samsung was about 3/5 of the price. Luckily I got the Pentax at a bargain price.
As far as I was able to find, they are the same optics and the same coating, but the Samsung has a diferent lens ID code (so it will show up differently in the exif data). This may have some implications to the shake reduction.