Pentax K20D versus Samsung GX20: What Digital Camera review

Pentax K20D versus Samsung GX20: What Digital Camera review

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• Pentax
• K20D
• Samsung
• GX20
• What
• Digital
• Camera
• DSLR

[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.

[WhatDigitalCamera]

Yes they all will.

[xmeda]

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

[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

[NIGHTSKYE1]

@WhatDigitalCamera granted

[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

[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.

[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.