Samsung GX20...$300 Cheaper than K20D!!!!

[Don Allison]

Did I just read this in another thread? Sign me up. Where do I buy one? I'll just put some black tape over the name.
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[vitalsax]

i know a guy that can put the Pentax logo over any camera u want

 

[firstdegree]

I believe the other thread indicated $600 cheaper (300 Euros or Pounds cheaper, I don't recall).
Bill

 

[Anastigmat]

i know a guy that can put the Pentax logo over any camera u want

I know somebody put a Contax logo on a Pentax.

 

[kIdFrY]

I believe the Samsung will be 300.00 Euros less monies, or just under 450.00 USD less than the K20D. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong!

Yowzers!

I believe the other thread indicated $600 cheaper (300 Euros or
Pounds cheaper, I don't recall).
Bill

 

[gght]

I believe the Samsung will be 300.00 Euros less monies, or just under
450.00 USD less than the K20D. Somebody please correct me if I'm
wrong!

That would make the K20D ridiculously priced at $849.

 

[kIdFrY]

That would make the K20D ridiculously priced at $849.

K20D = 899.00 Euros Body Only
999.00 Body + Kit Lens

GX20 = 699.00 Body + Kit Lens

Regards!

 

[gght]

That would make the K20D ridiculously priced at $849.

K20D = 899.00 Euros Body Only
999.00 Body + Kit Lens

GX20 = 699.00 Body + Kit Lens

Regards!

This site says this

"When announced on 24 January Pentax stated that the 14.6-million-pixel K20D will cost £999.99 with an 18-55mm lens. The Samsung GX-20 – also featuring a 14.6MP CMOS imaging sensor – will debut at £699.99 with an 18-55mm lens – that's £300 less. The Samsung model is also due to be available in March."

Isn't that the British pound symbol and not the Euro? If so, this would put the GX around $1300....same as the K20D

999 pounds = $1962
300 pounds = $589

999-300=699 pounds = $1373, which is about where this camera price has been since its announcement

 

[kIdFrY]

gght -- I certainly hope thats the case and the price differences amongst the two models are a little more evenly balanced.

You didn't provide a link so I'm not sure where 'this' site is suppose to be. I was taking my information that was published in another post that's available here.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=26615444

I'm not able to clearly discern any differences between the currency indicator within this article. Thats why I was so surprised when I initially read the MSRP listings of two cameras in question.

Regards,

That would make the K20D ridiculously priced at $849.

K20D = 899.00 Euros Body Only
999.00 Body + Kit Lens

GX20 = 699.00 Body + Kit Lens

Regards!

This site says this

"When announced on 24 January Pentax stated that the
14.6-million-pixel K20D will cost £999.99 with an 18-55mm lens. The
Samsung GX-20 – also featuring a 14.6MP CMOS imaging sensor – will
debut at £699.99 with an 18-55mm lens – that's £300 less. The Samsung
model is also due to be available in March."

Isn't that the British pound symbol and not the Euro? If so, this
would put the GX around $1300....same as the K20D

999 pounds = $1962
300 pounds = $589

999-300=699 pounds = $1373, which is about where this camera price
has been since its announcement

 

[justin23]

Its all to do with the excessive prices in Europe/UK.

The samsung GX10 was cheaper than the K10D, but i know which one outsold the other.

In other markets like Japan and the US i don't think Samsung will even sell there.

In Oz they were cheaper but most of us wanted the cheap branded samsung lenses and they were rarer than the pentax lenses.

That would make the K20D ridiculously priced at $849.

K20D = 899.00 Euros Body Only
999.00 Body + Kit Lens

GX20 = 699.00 Body + Kit Lens

Regards!

This site says this

"When announced on 24 January Pentax stated that the
14.6-million-pixel K20D will cost £999.99 with an 18-55mm lens. The
Samsung GX-20 – also featuring a 14.6MP CMOS imaging sensor – will
debut at £699.99 with an 18-55mm lens – that's £300 less. The Samsung
model is also due to be available in March."

Isn't that the British pound symbol and not the Euro? If so, this
would put the GX around $1300....same as the K20D

999 pounds = $1962
300 pounds = $589

999-300=699 pounds = $1373, which is about where this camera price
has been since its announcement

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[mutleybird]

That would make the K20D ridiculously priced at $849.

That's what I paid for my K10D when it was the "newest thing". If it was priced any more than that, I would have never been able to afford it.

 

[Henrygun]

In Germany lowest price today 1150 Euro for K20D incl Kit!

 

[lock]

Samsung was outsold in Europe because they cold not deliver. Now that the gx10 is rare, its more expensive than a k10d !

I think there will be a mistake, a mixup cause prices mentioned by Pentax Europa have been much higher than the pound prices mentioned here. 100 euro price gap is what we can expect for the kit, not more.

lock

 

[janneman02]

Prices will drop/raise....

Also, how about Samsung service???
I drop my Pentax gear at the photostore and they ship directly to Pentax.....

I guess the Samsung must be sent to Samsung who has to send it to Pentax who does the repairs who sends it back to Samsung who sends it to your store
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[kguru]

"When announced on 24 January Pentax stated that the
14.6-million-pixel K20D will cost £999.99 with an 18-55mm lens. The
Samsung GX-20 – also featuring a 14.6MP CMOS imaging sensor – will
debut at £699.99 with an 18-55mm lens – that's £300 less.

I wouldn't say the GX20 is £300 cheaper.
I would say the K20D is £300 dearer than its $1399 US sibling.

When will Pentax stop this pricing disparity ?!!

 

[gght]

My information came from a link in another thread:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=26616789

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Pentax_chiefs_hold_talks_on_price_of_K20D_digital_SLR_camera_news_177349.html

 

[JimmyTheHand]

prices in USA are usually before tax, in UK after VAT (that is £150 of item selling for £1000)

Also at the moment the pound is very high against the dollar - it was falling but recent rate cuts by fed seem to halted that for time being - it has also been loosing ground against the Yen - so the companies will need to price accordingly
(we'd be unhappy if prices fluctuated too much based on exchange rates)

I wouldn't say the GX20 is £300 cheaper.
I would say the K20D is £300 dearer than its $1399 US sibling.

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J.

 

[kguru]

Both your cited reasons apply equally to Samsung, so by your logic the GX20 should be around $1000 in the US ( 70% of K20D).

Somehow I don't think that will happen.

Also at the moment the pound is very high against the dollar - it was
falling but recent rate cuts by fed seem to halted that for time
being - it has also been loosing ground against the Yen - so the
companies will need to price accordingly
(we'd be unhappy if prices fluctuated too much based on exchange rates)

I wouldn't say the GX20 is £300 cheaper.
I would say the K20D is £300 dearer than its $1399 US sibling.

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J.

 

[simonkit]

Prices will drop/raise....

Also, how about Samsung service???
I drop my Pentax gear at the photostore and they ship directly to
Pentax.....
I guess the Samsung must be sent to Samsung who has to send it to
Pentax who does the repairs who sends it back to Samsung who sends it
to your store

What makes you believe this - Samsung increasingly provide a large mount of the "internals" for the Pentax models, they're probably better placed than Pentax to carry out most repairs !!

simon

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[photolife]

Does Samsung support SDM and sigmas forthcoming HSM for pentax?

If yes then I would seriously consider the Samsung. But otherwise that is quite an advantage to pentax!

-Andy