Samsung lens FAQ?

DCresource published their NX210 review today. Jeff liked the camera. I pay attention to his reviews because he

notices a lot of things that others miss. For example, Smart Range seems a good way to prevent highlight blowout

- maybe not as good as Fuji EXR but definitely better than Active D-Lighting. Our old CRT monitor went kablooey

last month, so we replaced it with an excellent Dell 1920x1080, and now 4/3 images look too narrow. The iPad is

still 4:3, but...

 

Bottom line, I am interested in Samsung lenses. Anybody know of a FAQ? Slrgear.com has not yet tested any NX

lenses. Photozone.de has, although I think the 18-55 has been reissued since their test. The 20-50 is nice and

compact but lacks OIS.

<p>Are you looking for reviews or more spec related info? I looked up decent info at the Samsung site (FAQ section under support) for their P&S. Not sure about NX lenses...</p>

<p>Here's a few: http://www.lenstip.com/index.html?producent=68&obiektyw=all&typ=0&moc=0&szukaj=Search</p>

Thanks, Leslie. I had not seen lensTip. Photozone.de says the 20-50 is probably better than the 18-55, so I think I'd start there. They also say the 85/1.4 is excellent. I'd like to see a review of the 50-200 but cannot find one.

 

Given what I read today, the NX seems a better choice than NEX, for me. I am not interested in old manual focus lenses. In the Olympus system, the best lenses are often Panasonic, sometimes with OIS, which becomes useless. Unlike Sony, Samsung seems to be designing actual non-retrofocus lenses for wide angle. The 30/2 pancake looks top-notch.

<p>Samsung has great lenses, I agree. There's a GX1 deal right now for four, if you like Panny lenses... </p>

What deal? Did not find it on B&H, Amazon, or PannyCorp. Anyway, can't commit to 4/3 right now.

 

Amateur Photographer (UK) reviewed the NX20 (similar to NX120 but with EVF) and I was surprised by this sentence in their conclusion: "It certainly has better detail-recording ability than any compact system camera we've tested so far, and it beats the vast majority of DSLRs, including some with more pixels on their sensor." Even NEX-7? Guess so, they have reviewed it.

 

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/reviews/compactsystemcameras/129324/12/samsung-nx20-review

The deal was one day only. Good luck with the Samsung!

<p>I have a NX200 with the famous 30mm pancake...<br>

Man, this lens is sharp wide open! This setup is the perfect street shooter, small, fast and with great IQ....<br>

The only gripe I have right now with the NX line is that movie and stills modes share the same picture settings! So if you are in B&W mode for your stills, your movies will be B&W too! Kind of negates the point of having a dedicated record button...<br>

Although I'm a RAW shooter, I usually shoot in RAW+JPG mode in B&W so I always get a look at how a picture would look in B&W, and then would process the color shot as usual from the RAW file afterwards in PP...</p>

<p>[[in the Olympus system, the best lenses are often Panasonic, sometimes with OIS, which becomes useless.]]</p>

<p>I don't understand this statement, Bill. On Olympus bodies, I was under the impression that you can choose between in-body stabilization or lens-based stabilization. </p>

As usual you are correct, Rob - page 49 of the E-M5 manual, IS Off (let the lens do it). You can also choose vertical IS or horizontal IS only. Maybe when they make an OM-D without EVF I would buy one, but I have moved past viewfinders. What is attractive about the Samsung NX is that it's about the same size and weight as the Fuji X10, which I was hoing to buy until the Orb debacle. The NX 20-50 lens is quite small.

 

http://camerasize.com/compare/#320,129