Originally posted by Angevinn Thank you for this insight Yakiniku. I'm a relatively recent crossover to Pentax from Nikon. I've really grown to love Pentax and wish it the best! Any speculation on Samsung? The leaked photos a few months back of a FF Samsung lens makes me think a FF Samsung DSLR is in development (why is Samsung making its own lenses and not Pentax?). Past Samsung DSLR's seem to be duplicates of Pentax DSLR's though. Another rumor I came across stated that Samsung has developed three FF CMOS sensors and was still testing them as of earlier this year. The final specifications of the sensors, when the sensors will be put into production and when we will exactly see a FF K-Mount DSLR from Pentax or Samsung are things I would really like to know!
Well, since you're newer here than I am by like a year, one thing that's for sure:: speculations on what Hoya and Samsung are meaning by what some exec says, and what actually happens pretty much exist in different spheres of reality. Samsung never made their own glass, just stuck different labels on the Pentax stuff. I count it unlikely they're quite silly enough to think making a FF sensor is going to make a FF SLR with the name Samsung on it sell for what those cost.
Certainly, if they tried, they'd have to invent ..and make.... a whole line of lenses out of nowhere.
If they come up with a good one, it'll probably be Pentax that builds a camera around it. On their own, Samsung has *no* lens mount. It's probably a stretch for them to make their EVIL camera half-convincing.