Just shows what a couple of glasses of vino tinto can do, I read that as cross dressing . . .

Ouch ! ! !

I'm guessing he doesn't win many.

Hoya & Pentax management agreement reached, so the Pentax will not become part of Samsung.

See this thread for links.

Not one to shy away from a challenge, I've tried
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Carlisle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Telford, Swansea, Plymouth, Bristol, Cambridge, Cheltenham, Exeter, Penzance, Southampton + a few more . . . the result . . .
BTW, the Currys website shows the 9 nearest stores, not 3 as previously mentioned.

So, I've decided to sell them for 0.01p. Have I got stock? Nope. Will I get stock? Nope.

Samsung and me, we're history. It's Pentax only for me.

Note for George: They don't list any stores on the IOM.

I saw only the Pentax and Samsung versions of the 18-55mm kit lenses, not the 50-200mm. My opinion, apart from the rubber focus/zoom grips and name labels, they seemed identical to me.
Curry's online price may be £29.87, but they offer only reserve & collect, and guess what . . . none of the stores have stock . . . unless you know different and want to share that information with us.

My financial advisor/minister of the interior and I visited the Thader shopping mall in Murcia today where I spent a few minutes in an 'everything electrical' shop called Saturn.

They had, side by side on their display (along with Canon & Nikon & Fujifilm & Olympus), A Pentax K10D + DA 18-55mm and a Samsung GX10 and it's Schneider 18-55mm kit lens. Whilst the rubber grips around the barrel were different material on each lens, the coatings, to me, looked identical. The reflected colours were the same from both lenses, if that's any indication.

As this was the first time I have been able to compare them I spent some time looking them both over. The finish of the Samsung product is very much cheaper 'n cheerful than the Pentax body.

I think this is the first retailer I have visited who has had the entire current Pentax Lineup available for comparison. They not only had the K10D conveniently placed next to the Samsung but they had a K100D and K110D as well. BTW: The Pentax K10D + kit lens was 999.00€, the Samsung was 899.00€

I was referring to the edges George. I agree that it'd be pretty well useless to apply a coating to the surface(s), then grind it off.

So, now that we've more or less determined that Samsung's Schneider lenses are in fact unmodified (except the label) Pentax lenses, does this help the OP's decision making process?

Matt, we live in spain . . . coats ? ? ? They don't come into it.

Sorry Matt, no can do, mine's been confiscated by my financial advisor. She advised me that I must not spend any more money on toys . . . or else ! ! ! ! !

She also has no interest in solving this mind boggling conundrum of coated, or not coated, that is the question? Whether 'tis nobler in the factory, to split production lines . . . .

Can't understand her myself , she just doesn't understand the importance of . . . stuff.