Samsung GX-10 - any experience?

[Father Ted]

I am in the market for a DSLR - before anyone shouts 'CANON or 'NIKON' i'd like to consider alternatives.


The Samsung GX-10 (basically a Pentax K10D with different menus and presentation of a few buttons) has had some really good reviews.....It's built really well , weatherproofed , in-camera shake reduction , CCD dust removal and what's more it's cheaper than its rival and accepts Pentax lenses as well as the usual Sima stuff etc

I am considering it up against the Nikon D80 , the Canon 400D , Sony A100 and the K10D

any input welcomed.


FT

[DJ_AS]

Although I have had no experience of the GX-10 or the Pentax K10D on which its based, I do have a Pentax K100D (the K10Ds cheaper sibling).

I can say that I'm really happy with camera - it does everything I want from an SLR and I'm sure the K10D would be better still.

They only down sides have been suspect build quality cos I'm on body no. 3, the other two going wrong after a month or two. No. 1 had a stuck pixel on the sensor and No. 2's flash kept popping up and not going back down. No. 3 is perfect *touchwood*

With the money I saved by going Pentax rather than Canon / Nikon, I bought a Sigma 55-200mm lens.

You can see some of the pics i have taken at:

www.users.waitrose.com/~sakka
and
www.users.waitrose.com/~sakka/stockgrove