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Samsung 16-50mm Premium S Lens with NX10??

Started Jul 14, 2014 | Discussions thread
viking79
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Works great!
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viking79 wrote:

Faith Yeung wrote:

What is the answer?

I forgot to test the 2-2.8 S lens on my NX11, will try to remember to tonight

Send me a PM reminder if I don't post back here.

Eric

Hooked the 16-50mm f/2-2.8 up to the NX11 and it was great. Only issue is the NX11 is really slow operation compared to my NX30, but that is not the lens. I hadn't used the NX11 for a while and switching this lens between there is a world of difference in focus speed and ability to focus in low light. Makes you realize that Samsung actually has come a long way The NX11 is still a great camera and sees a lot of use in my house.

Samsung made the distortion corrections right, they store the information in lens, so the body firmware doesn't matter. Sony made the mistake early on where the body firmware always had to be updated for new lens support. Not sure what they did, but I think the later bodies fixed that issue.

Distortion correction is done in camera as the viewfinder/monitor and resulting JPEG images are corrected just as it is on my NX30. I didn't go looking for any other issues like CA or anything, but overall I think the lens will work just fine. I didn't try a RAW yet, but JPEG is fine.

Testing OIS

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