[Mr. Pickles]

The Samsung one is simply a rebadged Pentax from what I have read. Not a "new" camera based on another firms body. I think Pentax needs Samsung for the techie part of the chip business,a nd probably manufacturing too. I don't know about most people, but if I liked the camera body and lineup, I'd certainly buy a Pentax long before I bought a Samsung, and yeah, I'd pay more for a Pentax too, but I would anyway.

Sony is a wait and see for me. If they stick to normal stuff, like do NOT stick the Memory Stick slot in it, they shoul dbe okay. They CAN make it work, but they have to market and sell it at the right cost. Typically Sony prices their stuff a bit higher thinking people will pay because it says Sony on it. Their new CEO probably knows better, since he admitted the iPod stuck a big dagger in their organization, and Sony lost that battle because of their own stupidity and inability.

Minolta is still making the glass. THis is good. Of course they could let Sigma have that business. Either way, their system isn't dead or ding, but it could if they abandon the existing Minolta crowd.