Samsung GX-10

lens, usability, durability, price, design

portability, size

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

performance, price, lens, usability, design

portability

86% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Leistung

100% der Kundenmeinungen auf Amazon.de bewerten dieses Produkt positiv.

The Samsung GX-10, and presumably by extension the Pentax K10D as well, proves yet again that the digital SLR market isn’t a two-horse race. This camera provides more versatility in its innovative shooting modes, more image quality in its processing...

Records RAW and JPEG images at once ; Can limit ISO range used in auto modes

Low marks for image sharpness ; Hard-to-use doors for media and battery

Other highlights include a flexible system for limiting the automatic ISO's top and bottom range; an extended automatic bracketing feature that lets you pick white balance, contrast, saturation, or sharpness as parameters (this is much more than what...

Records RAW and JPEG images at once ; Can limit ISO range used in auto modes

Low marks for image sharpness ; Hard-to-use doors for media and battery

An inexpensive, consumer-level digital SLR, the GX-10 captures well-exposed images, but our test shots weren't very sharp.

Excellent photo quality ; Well-designed and solidly built body ; Premium features for its price class

Occasional autofocus hunting ; Optical Picture Stabilization only buys you about a stop

Excellent photo quality; well-designed and solidly built body; premium features for its price class; nice kit lens.

Occasional autofocus hunting; Optical Picture Stabilization only buys you about a stop.

Despite a great feature set for the price, pro-level customization, and excellent photo quality, we can't think of a single reason to buy the Samsung GX-10 over its Pentax-made twin, the K10D.

The GX-10 includes both a 2.5" LCD display with 210,000 pixels and a 140-degree horizontal / vertical viewing angle, as well as a pentaprism based TTL optical viewfinder with 96% field of view, 0.95x magnification, diopter adjustment from -2.5m-1 to...

Another area that scores highly is the viewfinder, which gives a large, bright image and a comprehensive readout along the bottom. However, LEDs/markings to show the position of the 11 AF points, rather than the frame lines to indicate the area it...

The design is quirky, including an awkward rotary ring switch set around the four-way selector button. All it does is set the focus-area mode, which could more easily be done using the thumb or index-finger command dials. There's also a bewildering...