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Samsung 16-50mm f2-2.8 .....THE BEAST is here

Started Apr 22, 2014 | Discussions thread
shademaster Contributing Member • Posts: 803
Re: Samsung 16-50mm f2-2.8 .....THE BEAST is here

AdamT wrote:

something like the Sony 16-80 but better optically ..

and priced like other NX lenses, not like the zeiss. The existence of the e-mount 16-70 keeps tempting me to go with Sony (e-mount), but then I remember the price tag :/

Part of me is so tired of primes and ready for zooms.  I just miss too many shots.  But the other part of me has an emotional attachment to too many shots from my NX 30mm, NX 45mm, and Minolta MD 50mm to give up on the primes.  I have no such emotional attachments to anything else shot with the 20-50 or 18-55 (although I admittedly use them much less).

I`m sure Samsung will slot something inbetween the Kit zooms and the F2 monster ...

I'm not sure.  But I *am* hopeful.  Still grumpy they went with the 16-50 premium before a more reasonably (price/weight) 16-70 f/4 like the zeiss e-mount.  Oh well.

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