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Returning to the fold, NX300 + Lenses

Started Jan 13, 2014 | Discussions thread
pixelpushing
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Re: Returning to the fold, NX300 + Lenses

nster wrote:

I'd go with the 16-50 Power zoom over the 18-55, much more compact

Kit deal on ebay for a $459 Brown NX300 & OIS 18-55 III is too good to pass up. I can live without a compact kit if I get a pancake of some flavor.

For Macro if you can find a 60mm for 300$ ish that would be good, can double as portrait when you need it. The 30mm f/2 is suberb and a great lens to have so that the NX300 stays compact for street and lower light (find a good beltloop case and it's really practical).

I'm running lean on funds (case, grip, screen protector, some lens adapters and other stuff), so I'm probably just going to stick with one additional Samsung NX lens and then go adapted vintage for most other stuff for now.

The 10mm fisheye is also on my radar as sometimes you just wish you had that range and I could see myself carrying the 10mm and 30mm in a compact case

The fisheye is even more interesting to me than the 30mm. Don't know about practicality, but it turns out cool shots and looks like correction absolves its output of distortion well.

After that if you need a zoom the 50-200mm should complete your set well if you have the money. You can sometimes find it in the 150$ range and I think it's a steal

I have a 300mm Accura. It's old, weird, not compact but with a Vivitar 2x slapped on it, I can get decent moon shots (this was with my 60D):

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