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I may purchase the NX500 for my wife, but...

Started May 27, 2015 | Discussions thread
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racin06 Senior Member • Posts: 1,198
I may purchase the NX500 for my wife, but...

I'm a recent NX1 owner and I also purchased both S lenses, as well. My wife owns the Panasonic GX7 with 14-42 f/3.5-5.6, 45-200 f/3.5-5.6 and 25mm f/1.4 lenses. My wife primarily shoots indoor family, baseball and football of our son, vacation and a few landscape photos. My wife has been very impressed with the quality of the NX1 photos and video that I've been recently shooting and said that she may want to try out an APS-C-sensor based mirrorless camera one of these days. She asked me if Samsung had any cameras in similar size to the GX7, as she prefers a smaller camera. I said that Samsung does have a couple of rangefinder style cameras, though I also said that these cameras are still quite a bit larger versus the GX7. I was hoping she would just forget about the idea because I think she should just stick with the GX7 and m4/3 format. She seems to enjoy the GX7 very much. Well, I came home today and sure enough, she did her homework and now she wants the NX500! So, assuming that I won't be able to talk her out of the NX500, I have a few questions.

1. Since she shoots many indoor photos and in low light, she can always use my 16-50 S lens; however, is this lens too large to comfortably use on the NX500?

2. Is it possible to use the 50-150 S lens on the NX500?

3. Any other recommended lenses for the NX500? The 30mm f/2.0 and 17mm f/1.8 looks like nice lenses for the NX500.

4. Any thoughts on helping me convince my wife that she doesn't need the NX500 and should stick with the GX7? LOL

 racin06's gear list:racin06's gear list
Fujifilm X100V Fujifilm X-H2 Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS Fujifilm XF 50-140mm F2.8 Fujifilm XF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 OIS WR +7 more
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 Samsung 50-150mm F2.8 S Samsung NX1 Samsung NX500
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