Category Archives: Samsung

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

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

@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

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

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?

@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

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

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

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

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