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Rank the lenses available for Samsung NX!

Started Mar 24, 2015 | Discussions thread
vatazhka
vatazhka Regular Member • Posts: 355
Re: Thanks! 12mm Rokinon or 12-24mm Samsung?

SpacemanUA wrote:

Percivale wrote:

Landscape - travel photography

12-24mm f/4-5.6 or 16mm f/2.4 or 20-50 / 18-55 III if you're on budget

What is the point in duplicating the 16-50mm PZ with 20-50mm or 18-55mm? Also 16mm won't be much more useful than wide end of the 16-50mm PZ, unless you really need f/2.4. I'd go with the 12-24mm.

Percivale wrote:

Portrait - people photography

85mm f/1.4 or 45mm f/1.8. First is classic portrait lens, second is more versatile but can produce portraits too (though not as good as 85).

I found that 50-200mm gives surprisingly good results in the 50-100mm range when stopped down - it might be useful in portraiture. I also read that 60mm macro is quite OK for portraiture. For portraits with shallow DoF - go for 45mm (a compact, fast focusing lens) or 85mm (a big & heavy, slow focusing but otherwise excellent lens).

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