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Samsung 16-50mm Power Zoom Lens is noisy when using the power zoom buttons

Started Feb 9, 2016 | Discussions thread
OP cantol Junior Member • Posts: 26
Re: Samsung 16-50mm Power Zoom Lens is noisy when using the power zoom buttons

cantol wrote:

Does your Samsung 16-50mm Power Zoom lens make any noises when zooming in and out using the power zoom button? Mine does, and it is really annoying because the video picks up the zoom noise. I was hoping it would be silent but looks like maybe it is just built this way? Or do I have a defective lens?

Here's an example of the noise that is generated by zooming in and out with this lens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Ilah35pNw

Fast forward to 7:43 to hear the sound.

If this noise is standard across all 16-50mm Power Zoom lens, I would be very disappointed because I was really hoping to use this lens for recording video using my Samsung NX500.

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