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samsung 45mm 1.8 @ nx20 - my 5c

Started Mar 20, 2013 | Discussions thread
Marla2008
Marla2008 Senior Member • Posts: 2,420
Re: samsung 45mm 1.8 @ nx20 - my 5c

For my needs 35 is a strict minimum for portraits, wider is just useless (for me), face distortion and not enough background compression.

I' shooting NEX and the SEL35/1.8 is very good (it's actually the only worthy NEX lens IMO) but I was thinking a tad longer would be brilliant

what about the 50mm 1.8 nex then? (I didn't rly like that lens)

If the 35mm 1.8 was a small pancake... but heard it's nice, never tried it myself. I like the 35mm 1.7 cctv on the NEX so I can imagine that the SEL is fun to use, the same with AF and HQ

The SEL50/1.8 is biggish, slow poke AF and boring. I mean by that it's optically excellent, but not sexy (clean, flat image, smooth bokeh, good colors. Meh. I guess it's actually many people's idea of a perfect lens, but I like my like a little bumpier and with some surprise). It's ugly and really slow at AF so I didn't keep it as my various legacy nifties do much better.

The SEL35/1.8, however, is a totally different animal. It's pretty short, black, sleek looking. AF speed is more than acceptable (once you've adapted to general NEX af performance), except in very dim light where it borders on useless (I've switched to MF long before then). Optically it's just *fantastic*. Sharp, nice color and contrast, and built-in character like if it were a legacy lens. I mean by that the slightest hint of super light vignetting that just renders everything way more interesting.

If it weren't for the lens, I'd had ditched NEX for good.

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