I voted that producing their own sensor has increased my respect for Samsung - I own a Samsung GX-10 and have been mightily impressed with it, but this new move shows their commitment to the photography market and their move away from just being a clone producer (even if they did have a big hand in the product development).

I regret that we are, in all likelihood, going through the kind of cataclysmic shift that the (Swiss) watch industry went through when digital watches swept through the market like a forest fire. So many well-respected names disappeared simply because they failed to adapt quickly enough and, most crucially, failed to foster the skills and talents necessary to embrace electronic, rather than mechanical, engineering.