Dpreview has a brief look at the new DSLR from Samsung, the GX-20.

The GX-20 is Samsung’s fourth digital SLR produced in association with Pentax, and - slight styling and menu differences aside - is essentially the same camera as the Pentax K20D launched last night. Although pricing is obviously fairly fluid in this market the GX-20 is expected to sell for slightly less than the K20D. There’s not a huge amount to say about the GX-20 that doesn’t apply to the K20D, so we’ll mainly stick to looking at the differences on this page.

As with the K20D this is a case of ‘evolution’ rather than ‘revolution’ compared to the GX-10 (which was a Pentax K10D doppleganger). The key changes are the new higher resolution sensor and, this being 2008, Live Preview.

Key features

  • 14.6M, APS-C size Samsung CMOS Sensor
  • Optical Image Stabilization (OIS)
  • Dual Dust Reduction System (Dust reduction by shake & Special coating)
  • Sealed build with 72 different points (Semi water & dust proof)
  • Live view (Digital Preview)
  • 2.7” Large wide Color TFT LCD (230,000 pixels)
  • X sync. terminal for external Flash
  • Enhanced Digital filter (HDR - High Dynamic Range & Pixel Mapping)
  • Professional RAW Converting S/W