Originally posted by melander I see alot of, "only as good as K20D" around at dpreview. Do I got a faulty K20D because the K-7 images just owns my k20d, its sits in the corner crying right now when I showed the pictures to it.
Shitty camera or just general DPR scumbags?
Everyone has to justify their decisions in their own minds regardless of what the evidence shows. When people can't afford new stuff which is obviously better than what they have, they have to slander it, and everyone who disagrees with them. As a salesperson, this is one of the most difficult parts of my job. Making the buyer feel good about their previous decision, but still getting them to understand why it's time to move forward.
Let's just look at it logically. The K*0D sensor was Samsung's first APS-C sensor. This new sensor is the next generation. It's going to be no better? Two commercial companies are going to invest massively in R&D and developing a new product and its output is going to be no better?
Once the firmware is finalized and production sensors are released, it is going to be appreciably better than the K20D. But, then the justifications as above will still be prevalent, and competitors will be posting purposefully bad samples to help maintain their competitive position.