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How good is the 20-50mm for close-up ?

Started Jun 30, 2014 | Discussions thread
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DiegoRodriguez Forum Member • Posts: 58
How good is the 20-50mm for close-up ?

Hello

I am interested in the NX2000 or NX300 but I do not want to use two different lenses for shooting either insects or landscapes.

I do not know what to think about the 28cm minimum distance to the subject, seems big to me compared to the 3cm of my actual compact camera. My compact camera can't zoom in macro mode though, Samsung NX seem to can, but I wonder how close does zooming get you to the subject and how good does the result look.

All the close-up and macro photographs I found were taken with macro lens, not the 20-50mm kit lens. How good is the 20-50mm lens for close-up ?

Please show me some close-up photographs and videos ( no spider please ) you took with this lens on any NX camera so I can see, without cropping or editing.

I am also interested in seeing how closer it gets with just a close-up filter.

It seems that on this camera the macro mode is only available in photo mode, not in video mode. Does that mean you can't take close-up movies with it ?

Samsung NX2000 Samsung NX300M
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