Posted at Thu Jan 24 12:00:00 2008
The latest cross-branded cameras from Pentax and Samsung should retail for about $1,300, and contain a new 15MP APS-C Pentax/Samsung CMOS stabilized sensor. The K20D/GX-20 has leading resolution, but much its continuous drive is slow for its class at only 3fps (it's minimum shutter speed of 1/4000s is less likely to be a problem).
Posted at Thu Jan 24 12:00:00 2008
Canon's Digital Rebel line heralded in the entry-level digital SLR, breaking the $1,000 price barrier. Since then they've been joined by all of the current players: Olympus, Nikon, Pentax/Samsung, and Sony. In the current market, the EOS 450D has stayed comparatively close to the EOS 300D's breakthrough price while others have been able to undercut its price (and sometimes with in-body image stabilization). It's always been tough, looking at Canon's three and two digit lines, to tell the difference in the market. While the two digit lines have always felt more solid, the truth is both lines contained very similar innards.