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Will NX go premium ?

Started Jun 14, 2013 | Discussions thread
Wolfini New Member • Posts: 12
Re: Will NX go premium ?

Well as I understood the thread starter he meant the "premium" line of lenses, as opposed to the "carry" (=pancakes) omnia (=zooms) and optima (=macro and wide angle) lenses. These were the names for the lens lines that Samsung used in the lens roadmaps in the past.

So far the only "premium" lens in existence is the 85/1,4, but if you look here:

http://photorumors.com/2011/10/11/samsung-nx-lens-roadmap-for-2012-five-new-lenses/

there also were rumors about a 24/1,8 and a 135/2 in the premium line - which obviously did not happen so far. (same as the 80-400 that is mentioned in the link.)

So yes, it may well be that the next lenses will be "premium" lenses, but the question remains when we will actually see them. As the 16-50 has been semi-announced for the coming winter, I do not believe that we will see much else this year. Samsung seems to be concentrating more on the bodies at the moment, which sounds reasonable as the lens line up is really good already for a compact system.

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