Is Samsung, Fuji and Kodak DSLR under-rated?

Most of the discussion in these forums are dominated by either Canon
or Nikon. Are other DSLR brands under rated? I tried a Fuji camera
and it has nice color balance and relatively sharp. The super CCD
sensor must be doing an excellent job. Some Samsung DSLR appears to be
happy with their DSLR camera ( GX-10,GX-1-L or GX-1S). They share
similar technology as Pentax camera. I knew Pentax and Olympus
cameras, and they made excellent cameras in the past. So, are they
actually under rated, which means a better bargain to buy? Or is Canon
and Nikon superior cameras? If you are not a professional, but just
like to get good quality and sharp photos, would these cameras be
sufficient?

<aniramca RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Most of the discussion in these forums are dominated by either Canon
> or Nikon. Are other DSLR brands under rated? I tried a Fuji camera
> and it has nice color balance and relatively sharp. The super CCD
> sensor must be doing an excellent job. Some Samsung DSLR appears to be
> happy with their DSLR camera ( GX-10,GX-1-L or GX-1S). They share
> similar technology as Pentax camera. I knew Pentax and Olympus
> cameras, and they made excellent cameras in the past. So, are they
> actually under rated, which means a better bargain to buy? Or is Canon
> and Nikon superior cameras? If you are not a professional, but just
> like to get good quality and sharp photos, would these cameras be
> sufficient?
>

Kodak isn't what it used to be.
Samsung was never really anything as far as cameras go.
Fuji I think are interesting but they don't do anything you can do with just
about any other dSLR shooting RAW. I think they are overrated by the ones
that buy them and over priced.
Canon and Nikon are too full of themselves and think they know best when it
comes to cameras and lenses. Canon hasn't had an innovative dSLR since the
original rebel and its saving grace wasn't that it was a fantastic camera,
it was just priced really well. The ones that have come after have been
reheated left overs and nothing real special.
Nikon doesn't know how to design a user friendly menu system. Neither Nikon
nor Canon offers in my opinion a very interesting selection of lenses and it
gets worse if you want to spend the outrageous prices for what few
stabilized lenses they have.
Pentax not thought of much any more. Has horrible customer relations. They
announced a ship month for the K10D, then had delays and didn't both to say
anything even when horrible rumors starting spreading as why the thing was
delayed. They too like Canon and Nikon make choices for consumers that are
arrogant and short sighted. Like choosing detail sharpening in the K10D
instead of edge sharpening or adding a edge sharpening option. Pentax of all
of the companies seem to do the worse job communicating and listening to
their customers needs and desires. However, they do have a very interesting
selection of lenses and some very good quality ones as well.

What all this means is outside of Kodak which has slid down the toilet over
the last couple of years and Samsung which really never has had or will have
a marketshare worth talking about all of the others have their own problems.
Oh, I forgot Sony, they haven't earned what they have, they bought it and as
far as I am concerned have not shown that they can handle what they bought.
The Sony Alpha is one of the most unimpressive dSLR's I have seen and they
have one the poorest records for releasing new lenses, they are high priced
(and not worth it) and they have one of the least interesting offering of
lenses.

Somebody!