For those of you with a Ph.D in NX1

Ssscomp2 wrote:

Thank you for your input. I really like the video. Just so that I can try and get it through my thick head if you put a third-party lens on an nx1 with a "dumb" adapter, that is no electrical pass through whatever and use the aperture ring on the lens itself to set the aperture , If I then put the camera in Aperture mode and set the ISO at a given level does it even matter what aperture I tell the camera the lens is set at or does the camera only measure the incoming light when I press the shutter and set the shutter speed accordingly? Or does the question not even l sense? Finally do you know of any lenses that you would recommend running from about 50 to 200 mm that are fully manual? Thanks so much for your response to this.

If you use an adaptor without contacts then you must use a lens that has a manual aperture ring. Set the camera to aperture priority and the camera will choose the shutter speed appropriate for the correct exposure for your chosen aperture. It is also possible to change ISO and the camera will compensate for shutter speed accordingly. Other functions such as exposure compensation, auto exposure hold etc will also work as before, the only thing the camera can not adjust for the correct exposure is the aperture as that is now a manual function.

When focusing I will always open the lens to the widest aperture and then stop down prior to exposure, this will allow the most light into the camera making focusing easier, also focusing with a narrow depth of field will make it more accurate.

There are so many lenses in the range of 50-200mm and there are some good sites around dedicated to the subject, just Google "manual" or "legacy" lenses, that should yield results. Personally I like the Tamron lenses but I have had some good and not so good, but this is true of all lenses even modern ones, In fact I don't think I have had two of the same lens that are actually the same in terms of image quality.

Cheers, Paul.