Originally posted by whatever7
I had no idea they didn't make their P&S sensors. So the 14mp cameras they announce earlier than everyone else also has the crappy Sony sensor? Their investment in photography equipment is alot smaller than I thought.
And he basically admitted they will continue to repackage Pentax SLR as their own.
There are more sensor makers for compact digicams than Sony. It is not mentioned in the interview from whom Samsung is buying digicam sensors. Pentax are buying most digicam sensors from Sharp.
He did not admittet that they will continue to repackage Pentax SLR as their own.
He did say that the internal parts will be same, but the exterior design may differ.
After all, they do have a technology partnership - so if Samsung went on with their own technology, why have a partner? Of course they will share similar parts and technology - same AF, same metering, same sensors, same SR system, same lens mount etc. But again, those can be combined in different ways and the external design can be much more unique Samsung than today's re-labeling of Pentax SLR's.
The Olympus E-330 and the Leica Digilux 3 is basically the same, but they look very very different.
Pentax and Samsung can make the same thing.