Pentax K20D versus Samsung GX20: What Digital Camera review

[NIGHTSKYE1]

the best reviews will always be by people who actually own these cameras,

[WhatDigitalCamera]

@NIGHTSKYE1 Not necessarily. Many owners will have limited experience of other DSLRs, so can't really compare with anything else, wheras we have tested them all. Owner feedback is still useful because they pick up on things like long term reliability which aren't apparent in a 2 week review.

[NIGHTSKYE1]

@WhatDigitalCamera granted

[bfeuerd]

bad review. Seems like they didn't use it even for a day before making this vid. Nothing interesting in this blah blah...

[gevar234]

@jvjobi samsung is korean.... besides, samsung manufactures the sensors for pentax cameras

[calv1124]

Samsung manufacture the tiny little pieces on a microchip, which are then assembled by whoever decides to purchase them, then if samsung likes the way a certain component is made by another company, then they will purchase them. The manufacturing of a product isn't a one man show, it involves multiple countries and many businesses.

[iudm]

In this video is a bad mistake. You can change ISO speed from K20D with one touch and front scroll! This option is in menu.

[HarryAardvark]

Ok, you need to look past the brand names all you Canikon peeps. I have shot with SLRs for over 30 years. I tried these two side by side and bought the Samsung. It has lots of control, way more than entry level Canikons. It is possible to customise the front and rear scroll wheels to change ISO, F.stop, Shutter speed and the exposure comp is on its own button at the back. It only under exposes by about half a stop under certain metering conditions and settings and you can easily set up 1/2 stop.

[dvamateur]

I don't understand how could anyone buy a Samsung product, never mind a Samsung digital camera? Samsung prices are almost as high as Japanese products these days. I like Pentax, it's such a shame that they colaborate with Samsung...

[calv1124]

Doesn't matter whether you buy a samsung product or not, in the end your going to be buying a product with some or all of it's internal components made by samsung.

[dvamateur]

I know, there's no escape or rescue from this... Actually, when you're buying a Sony LCD TV, you are most likely bying a Samsuing made LCD panel, because Samsung is the largest LCD panel producer in the world. On the other hand, on the used market you can get some great deals. For instance, I bought this Yamaha DX7 synthesizer for $250 in mint condition, and it made of metal, and it says "Made in Japan" on it, and it's beautifully executed. Same with lenses, I got 300mm f/4.5 OM lens used.

[arvindsudevan]

Which camera is better regarding image quality - Pentax K20D or Canon 40D?

[derjungewebdesigner]

The 20D

[psynema]

The general concencus seems to be that unless your shelling 2.5-3K for a Canikon, Pentax is your better bet vs. the lower end Canikons. There's quite a few articles saying the K-7 has more latiitude and detail vs. a 7D

[Malackaka]

the Samsung have nicer menu than Pentax, this is the main difference

the Pentax have a burst mode (unnecessary, this is a primitive video), and a D-Range function

and the portrait-catcher(?) of the Pentax doesn't fit to Samsung

[IsaacSteiner]

On my K10D, and I change my ISO in the function menu, and click "okay" it takes me right back to the function menu, unlike what you said that only the Samsung does that...

[philphie]

will pentax DA lenses fit on the samsung? are the samsung lenses weather proof like the DA lenses? does the samsung underexpose like the pentax? does the samsung have something like pentax's my menu? is the samsung made in korea and the pentax in japan?

[bojongkim]

Please tell me the model of the Samsung DSLR GX-20's lens used in this video.

[jimmymacd1888]

samsung 18-55mm

[WhatDigitalCamera]

Yes they all will.

[bmxpup]

will the pentax lense fit the samsung because pentax they have some great ones

[Essob55]

Pentax have 21pics/sec (in low resolution.

[fvgotch]

Yes Samsung~~~ 89%!!

WhatDigitalCamera is the BEST man!

[illegalalien234]

no need to look so enthusiastic

[xmeda]

HOLD OK BUTTON AND ROLL FRONT ROLLER, this is the way how to quickly and easilly change ISO..!

[msname]

@xmeda It's also easy just to press right dial button, which brings you to ISO menu immediately ;) This works also for other functions. Fn is just a kind of "help" button.

[xmeda]

@msname but only on GX. On Pentax this does not work, arrows are assigned to AF point selector :) Only Km, Kx and K7 ahve this direct way: arrow > ISO