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Wide Angles on NX1

Started Feb 28, 2016 | Discussions thread
Kisaha Senior Member • Posts: 2,300
Re: Wide Angles on NX1

parakalien wrote:

I disagree about the samyang/rokinon 12 f2. It's an excellent lens and is sharper at f2 than the Samsung 10 is at f3.5.

Imo if you are looking for a wide angle lens for the nx system and desire any kind of low light specs the rokinon is the only way to go.

I haven't received my 10mm yet (so, I can not tell), I was reffering to the 12-24 zoom, which is impossible for the Samyang to be equally sharp wide open, except if the copy I used wasn't that good, I guess that is a possibility too, but I do not think so. At 4 is already very sharp, at 5.6 is excellent. Maybe the 12 achieves maximum sharpness at half a stop earlier.

The option of shooting at 2/f is a big advantage of course, but during the day, for landscapes and architecture, the apperture advantage of the Samyang is not that great.

It is a different lens though, and very welcomed, but now, for the use I do, it seems that I am covered for the foreseeable future.

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