Category Archives: Samsung

It’s official: Samsung pulling their cameras out of Germany

By PR admin | Published: November 19, 2015

The German magazine FotoMagazin contacted me to share an official statement they got from Samsung about the company pulling all cameras from the German photography market (Google translation):

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Samsung NX1 discontinued in Europe, Hong Kong and Australia

By PR admin | Published: November 11, 2015

@photorumors Samsung IS shuttering their camera division effective 2016. They are withholding announcement … https://t.co/43PbE2qLHf — John (@jhonlsu) November 6, 2015 New reports appeared online about the Samsung NX1 mirrorless camera ($1,199) being discontinued in Europe, Hong Kong and Australia:

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iFixit tears down a Samsung NX500 camera

By PR admin | Published: November 7, 2015

If you have nothing to do this weekend you can watch this 20 minutes video of iFixit tearing down a Samsung NX500 mirrorless camera ($638):

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Norwegian camera store stops selling Samsung cameras

By PR admin | Published: November 6, 2015

Another nail in the Samsung camera business coffin: I received multiple reports that different European stores are pulling out their Samsung inventory. The latest one is coming from the Norwegian camera store Japan Photo – they are getting rid of their Samsung stock and are cutting the prices by 50%:

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Did Samsung just confirm that they are closing their camera business?

By PR admin | Published: October 26, 2015

@photorumors pic.twitter.com/sYXAX90xoj — John (@jhonlsu) October 26, 2015 A reader twitted me (thanks ‏@jhonlsu) this screenshot of a live chat with Samsung support where they pretty much confirm the rumors about Samsung shutting down their camera business unit (see also this post).

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Another report about Samsung shutting down their camera business

By PR admin | Published: October 21, 2015

Another website asiae.co.kr | Google translation reports that Samsung will be closing their camera business unit. They have already stopped any camera/lens development and there will be no more new products announced. Asiae is an accurate and popular business newspaper in S. Korea. Last month I reported about another website that reported the exact same thing and Samsung were very quick […]

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Samsung NX500 camera tested at DxOMark

By PR admin | Published: October 7, 2015

DxOMark published their test results for the Samsung NX500 mirrorless camera ($599) and described it as the “new leader for hybrid APS-C sensor image quality”:

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Samsung denies rumors of shutting down camera business

By PR admin | Published: September 26, 2015

Samsung issued an official statement denying the rumors that they are going to shut down their camera business:

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Is Samsung shutting down their camera business?

By PR admin | Published: September 18, 2015

A reader sent me a link to this article on a Korean website claiming that Samsung will shut down their camera business. The article quotes an “industry insider” as a source of the information and continues to say that since the NX500 announcement, Samsung have not announced anything new and have basically abandon all marketing activities. The […]

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Firmware update 1.40 for Samsung NX1 mirrorless camera released

By PR admin | Published: August 22, 2015

A new firmware update version 1.40 was released for the Samsung NX1 mirrorless camera. Here is the change log:

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