Category Archives: Samsung

Samsung pulling their cameras out of the UK as well

By PR admin | Published: November 26, 2015

Yes, Samsung is also pulling their digital cameras and camcorders from the UK. Not really a surprising news if you have been following our previous Samsung coverage.

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Pre-Black Friday deals from Canon, Sony, Samsung, Fuji, Panasonic and Rokinon

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2015

Canon M3: $250 off Canon M10: up to $170 off Canon G7 X: $150 off Canon G9 X: $80 off Canon Rebel SL1 bundle: $400 off Sony a7: $700 off Sony a600 body only: $150 off Sony a6000 two lens kit: $453.99 off Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS lens: $100 off Sony Carl Zeiss 24mm […]

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Another nail in the coffin: Samsung will stop selling cameras in the Netherlands

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2015

After Germany, Samsung will now also stop selling cameras in the Netherlands:

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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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