Full-frame dSLR from Samsung?

Leonard Goh | Apr 14, 2008

Amateur Photographer has reported that Korean electronics giant Samsung is planning to join the ranks of Canon, Nikon, and Sony in making full-frame dSLRs.

The article states that Samsung is developing its own CMOS chip for this new camera. However, we won't be seeing this shooter anytime soon because the sensor has only just reached its design phase.

The dSLR is going to be a collaboration with Pentax, so we're guessing that Pentax should be announcing its own full-frame ambitions around the same time as Samsung.

There are no hints regarding the specifications, but the as yet unnamed dSLR should share the same mount as Pentax cameras so the lenses are interchangeable between the two systems.

Earlier, we reported that the successor to the GX20 would be introduced later this year at Photokina in Germany. Could this be the full-frame dSLR Samsung is alluding to?

At press time, Samsung couldn't provide us with any information regarding this news. But we will definitely update here once we get the information.

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