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Re: Got the NX30 - Which Portrait lens to complete the Kit Lens?
ClaphamWolf wrote:
Hi guys !
I just got my NX30 with the Kit lens (no choice in UK).
I used to have a 550D with a 50mm 1.8 as I love doing bokeh and especially portrait.
My problem with the NX mount is that I don't know what I should buy...
First : f1.8 MAX
35 mm / 45 mm or 85 mm ? I can't make my decision...
Here are my first choice :
- Samsung 45mm f/1.8
- Samyang 85mm F1.4 Aspherical IF
- Rokinon 85mm F1.4
I don't see any other compatible with a NX mount.
I have never worked with a 85MM, I think the 45mm is a bit more versatile even if as I said, I have the kit lens too for landscape etc... But 85MM...
What about 35mm ? I saw some 35mm 1/4 and some people apparently use them for portrait but i'm not sure, it would be a bit to wide I think, and I would have to be to close from the model ?
It is too wide for portrait even on a crop sensor. And yep, having to be too close to the model to fill the frame is exactly the problem, results in perspective distortion.
I don't know, as I said.. I'm lost.
I'm really looking forward to read your advice, I need this lens ASAP and can't make a decision...
I would pick one of the 85s if portrait is the primary use case. I guess you're on a budget since you're listing the manual focus models. I haven't used any of them myself, but from everything I've read (which is an awful lot) the 85mm NX is best, but the other manual focus ones still have very good image quality. I think that all the manual focus ones are rebrands of the same lens anyway, though I think one version has a different aperture ring for smooth changes in video (unclicked), though I might be remembering that wrong.
If you have an other model that I don't know, feel free to let me know
Thanks a lot guys