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Rank the lenses available for Samsung NX!

Started Mar 24, 2015 | Discussions thread
creaDVty
creaDVty Senior Member • Posts: 1,431
Re: Thanks! 12mm Rokinon or 12-24mm Samsung?

Percivale wrote:

I am about to join the NX world with a NX-500. My needs are not that sophisticated. Besides the kit lens, what lenses/adaptions are recommended (hopefully not too costly) for:

Macro - toy photography

Landscape - travel photography

Portrait - people photography

For cost effectiveness, I think the 60 2.8 can be used for both Macro and Portrait.  It's a more traditional effective focal length for portraits than the 45.  True, the 45 has a wider aperture but in terms of background blur, the 60 @2.8 would be similar to the blur of a 45 @f/2.1 - not a huge difference.  For landscape, the kit lens is reasonably wide.  If budget allows, you could get the Samyang / Rokinon 12 f/2.

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