Pentax or Samsung?

Now that there are a few K10D, K20D and GX10 and GX20 cameras and lenses floating around the second hand market, I wondered how people felt about the resale opportunities for the different brand names.

Are the Pentax branded items selling more easily and/or getting better prices? Are the Samsung versions harder to sell and going at lower prices?

This is what I'd expect, but what are we finding?

Hi John, we find the Samsung much harder to sell second hand and have lower values. K10 is always very popular second hand, K20 also hold value, although as we have these new, attract less interest. Dave

The Samsungs seem to be going slightly lower than Pentax but as I bought my GX10 for a lower price brand new I wasn't bothered. I got a GX20 much cheaper than a K20D. It wasn't difficult selling the GX10 and I got the price I expected on the open ebay market. Looking at K20D vs GX20 recently there wasn't much in it.

We find that we can sell both brands easily. The Samsung branded product sells for slightly less. In the case of the K20D vs GX20, we get between 5 & 10% more for the K20D.

We could do with more stock as we sold eight K20D's over the weekend which has completely wiped us out of stock! We currently have some K10D, *IstD, *Ist DL, K100D & K100D Supers in stock. Interestingly, we rarely get K200D's - I guess people are holding onto them & we have a list of people waiting for them if they come in...

We compile lists of second hand 'wants' as a lot of used equipment leaves us without even being listed on our website or being displayed in the shop. If anyone wants something then PM me and I will add them to the lists!

Well I sell only on eBay and in tiny quantities compared to LCE and SRS above (evening gentlemen ) so my experience is limited. For what it's worth though I've sold Samsung versions of both the DA12-24 and the D-FA100 Macro on there, and both have fetched prices pretty much exactly in line with what others have sold the Pentax versions for.

I can't speak for the bodies but it doesn't seem there's any particular bias against Samsung glass out there...

There is still the question as to whether Samsung glass has the same coating as Pentax. I have still not heard an authoritative answer to this.

I'm a bit surprised there isn't more of a difference to be honest. I have a Samsung and I bought it expecting it not to hold it's value anywhere near as well as an equivalent Pentax. I also bought mine as a bit of a steal (last one in the shop) so I am doubley happy!

As I understand, both the Pentax and Samsung lenses are made by SCHNEIDER

I've actually no idea by who they are made, I believe it's done by several and not by one.
Lenses like the Limited lenses for example require some special care, at least it's pretty sure the glass comes from Hoya.

If I were buying a lens second hand I would always choose Pentax over Samsung, even if the Pentax cost about 10% more. The main reason is aesthetics - the Pentax lenses just look better!

But when the prices have been significantly different I have bought Samsung, but I expect them to be worth slightly less when I come to sell them.

No, the lenses in question are made in the Taiwan Pentax factories.

TheThe lenses are Pentax lenses but Schneider is the label that Samsung gives them.

Not the more recent ones Nass, Samsung is more prominent on the later 18-55s than on the earlier ones....

Schneider-Kreuznach I think belongs to Samsung, and AFAIK they still make pro grade lenses in Germany...

Am I the only person who considers camera equipment to be generally something you buy and use until it becomes unusable?

Without exception I regret selling every passable quality lens I have ever sold, so I don't sell lenses anymore unless they are duplicates of something I already have or no use to me.

Ahhh ok, cheers for that clarification