NX 50-150mm S repair still possible?

White Widow wrote:

Barple wrote:

Barple wrote:

White Widow wrote:

Hi Eh,

This is what I read some time ago from a Nikon user:

"With the lens mounted to the camera, hold the outer shroud and twist the lens element clockwise by the two slots on the outer ring. I used a thin cloth and my fingers and it now works fine. "

Maybe the lens got stuck and it's a mechanical problem - worth a try....

This is very interesting because the lens hood on my copy became very tight and I've had to use a lot of twisting force to attach and remove it....

I might give this a go and try not to break the lens (again)!

An update for anyone that's interested - no dice

I did some digging around to find out the background behind this method and it turns out some Nikon 18-200mm lens would have a loosen front element, which they just simply tightened back up.

After twisting around various bits of my lens, nothing felt loose or out of place and there's isn't a visible way to tighten or loosen the front element like that Nikon lens. Everything felt rock solid and Samsung really did built this lens like a tank.

Unfortunately it means my lens is still not fixed

That's too bad..! Did the problem occur after you applied a lot of force with the lens hood?

Maybe you could crank the hood back and forth to see whether that changes anything...

Where I live (Thailand) there are many camera and lens repair shops. Maybe you can find one in your vicinity. But Samsung lenses are quite exotic in this country and after a couple of shoulder shrugs I ended up sending my 16-50S lens to Seoul where one of my daughters lives. She took the lens to a Samsung service center and they fixed it.

That means that the lenses can still be serviced, at least in Korea. But it was a pain to get my lens through customs, shipping fees and the repair wasn't cheap either.

I barely used the lens so I'm not 100% sure, but it was roughly at the same time and this happened about 1 year ago so the details are a bit fuzzy too.  I feel terrible because this lens was purchased as Samsung was leaving the industry and I wanted to make sure I have the lenses I may needed in the future, but I rarely used it.

You bet I've tried attaching the hood and twisting it both ways already!

Do you recall how much was the repair and roughly where in Seoul?  There's a high chance I'll be visiting Korea when this whole coronavirus business is finished.