Samsung's K10D Version, the GX-10

Samsung yesterday announced the launch of the 10.2 mega-pixel GX-10 digital SLR, a copy of the Pentax K10D, released on September 14.


As expected, the GX-10 incorporates the same components as the K10D: a 10.2 mega-pixel image sensor, a PentaPrism viewfinder with 0.95x magnification and a 2.5" TFT LCD (210k pixels).

Samsung has another name for Pentax's Shake Reduction mechanism, namely Optical Picture Stabilization (OPS) technology.

The GX-10 prevents blurred pictures by shifting the CCD to counter any movement of the camera's body. When a manual lens is used in ordinary digital SLR cameras, the camera's shake prevention mechanism does not function properly, since the camera does not have the lens information. In the GX-10, however, the manual lens information can be input, so that the manual lenses in film cameras can also be used with the GX-10.

The advanced dust removal function included in the GX-10 also removes potentially problematic dust from the CCD by vibrating it automatically when the camera is booted, resulting in perfect blemish-free pictures with minimum effort on the part of the photographer. A further dust barrier is provided by the special coating on the CCD's protective window.

Another K10D feature is the one-touch RAW button, which allows photographers to choose RAW file shooting during general JPEG shooting. The RAW files can be checked on the LCD and then be directly converted to JPEG format via the built-in converter for convenience.

With the GX-10, continuous shooting at 3 fps (frames per second) is possible; RAW files can be shot at the same speed up to 9 frames; giving the user the best chance to get a great picture.

Samsung also announced that five kinds of lenses will be launched soon. These lenses have been designed to enable real freedom in the creative process and include: fish eye lens (fish eye 10-17mm F3.5-F4.5 ED), an ultra wide zoom lens (12-24mm F4 ED AL), a wide zoom lens (16-45mm F4 ED AL), a fixed focus lens (35mm F2 AL) and a macro lens (Macro 100mm F2.8).

The lenses will also be compatible with the DSLRs launched by Samsung earlier in the year, the GX-1S and GX-1L, which were aimed towards the serious amateur photographer.