...is not the m4/3 system. I see the world "Four Third" mentioned one too many times in the Samsung/Dpreview interview.
In case they are reading this forum, let me remind them. The problem is they can't get Pentax to go alone with their plan, or to put it in another way, they didn't include Pentax in their original plan. Unlike m4/3, Panasonic got Olympus to work with the m4/3 road map. That's very important.
If you take a look at the new Olympus bodies, they are taking the higher end route and stop releasing entry level DSLR body now. There is no successer to the E420. Why, becuase O is going to make m4/3 body to replace it.
OTOH, if you take a look at the Pentax's release schedule, they have many offering that competes directly with the NX system. K-M is small enough as it is, and Pentax suit has said they will release a K20D replacement that is smaller than K20D. You add that to the complete lineup of limited lenses. They are a very attractive alternative to the NX system.
I suggest Samsung work very very very hard on competibility with lenses from other mounts, it is the only way to survive as I see it. If they can't make the aperture control competible with the K mount, they shouldn't even bother with a K mount adapter, as that would be pointless. They should make the NX mount pin competible with the EF mount, as least somebody in China will make a working NX-> EF mount adapter. Also make an adapter that has focus mechanism in it, like the Pentax 1.7X AF teleconverter. That way you can AF with a manual lens. Oh make a KA version and a AI-S version of this adapter. I am sure these two mounts are not covered by patent anymore.
Don't take the easy way out and make a "standard" pancake lens, make something wider than the Panasonic 20mm pancake.
That's all I have for now.
In case they are reading this forum, let me remind them. The problem is they can't get Pentax to go alone with their plan, or to put it in another way, they didn't include Pentax in their original plan. Unlike m4/3, Panasonic got Olympus to work with the m4/3 road map. That's very important.
If you take a look at the new Olympus bodies, they are taking the higher end route and stop releasing entry level DSLR body now. There is no successer to the E420. Why, becuase O is going to make m4/3 body to replace it.
OTOH, if you take a look at the Pentax's release schedule, they have many offering that competes directly with the NX system. K-M is small enough as it is, and Pentax suit has said they will release a K20D replacement that is smaller than K20D. You add that to the complete lineup of limited lenses. They are a very attractive alternative to the NX system.
I suggest Samsung work very very very hard on competibility with lenses from other mounts, it is the only way to survive as I see it. If they can't make the aperture control competible with the K mount, they shouldn't even bother with a K mount adapter, as that would be pointless. They should make the NX mount pin competible with the EF mount, as least somebody in China will make a working NX-> EF mount adapter. Also make an adapter that has focus mechanism in it, like the Pentax 1.7X AF teleconverter. That way you can AF with a manual lens. Oh make a KA version and a AI-S version of this adapter. I am sure these two mounts are not covered by patent anymore.
Don't take the easy way out and make a "standard" pancake lens, make something wider than the Panasonic 20mm pancake.
That's all I have for now.
