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Anybody see the Samsung 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 Power Zoom ED OIS Lens yet?

Started Jun 1, 2014 | Discussions thread
vatazhka
vatazhka Regular Member • Posts: 355
Re: Anybody see the Samsung 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 Power Zoom ED OIS Lens yet?

I saw it listed for a crazy price (480 PLN which is ~115 EUR) in a licensed repair centre. However, it disappeared from listing after few hours, they told me that they won't be able to sell lenses anymore because Samsung issued a cease & desist note and cancelled all lens shipments.

FYI - Few repair centres in Poland are known (or rather were known, given the latest news) for selling brand new lenses for 30%-50% of their usual street price from time to time. The only drawback is that you get just lens and both caps, without the original box, stand, faux leather pouch, lens hood etc. and 3- or 6-month seller warranty instead of the Samsung international one. The lenses sold by repair centres were rumoured to be of inferior quality, which wasn't confirmed by testing (as seen on optyczne.pl / lenstip.com review of 30mm f/2.0 lens).

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