REVIEW: 30 January 2008 - Samsung�s entry in to the D-SLR marketplace came by rebadging Pentax D-SLRs and allows the company to build a corner in the market from which it can attempt to expand its market share. Samsung threw money at building its compact model market share and it has worked and Samsung assured us that it will develop its �own� D-SLRs in the near future and already the GX10�s update, the imaginatively named GX20 has been announced.
So, it is not before time that the GX10 arrived on my desk and on the face of it, the camera is identical to the Pentax K10D on which it is based. Advantages are the camera has a massive lens range to adopt with an even bigger installed lens base as all KA and KAF2 optics can be used.
Build is tough with key camera seals proofed against ingress of dirt and moisture including the SDHC external storage port on the camera�s right side. The 10.2-megapixel sensor boasts a sensor cleaning system that unfortunately clearly does not work properly.
Each time the camera�s turned on the thing vibrates rapidly as the sensor cleaning cycle struts its stuff, so you know quite clearly it is working as an option in the easy to follow � and use � menu system, displayed on the camera�s 2.5-inch colour screen.
Doug Harman
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