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Samsung NX 30 mm f/2 or Nikkor 28 mm f/2.8?

Started Mar 29, 2016 | Discussions thread
dezinerd
dezinerd Senior Member • Posts: 1,309
Re: Samsung NX 30 mm f/2 or Nikkor 28 mm f/2.8?

The Nikkor 28-2.8 AIS lens is considered one of the best of the best. First Nikkor to use close range correction. For an indoor dinner just do what we did when this lens was new. Set the f stop to f8, set the focus to 6 or 8 feet. and adjust the flash output to get correct exposure. Then just blast away. Some people used to tape the focus ring so it would not move as in dim banquet halls you might have trouble reading the distance scale and focusing manually in dim light was almost impossible. Maybe with focus peaking it would be easier with your hybrid combo of Samsung and Nikkor. All that being said you might be surprised at what the kit lens from Samsung will turn out. You might look into some cheap battery powered slaves that will play well with the Samsung kit flash. Set it all up before anyone gets to the dinner and then you know it will work. Light fall off is always a problem with on camera flash a people at a table various distances from the flash. A slave bouncing off the ceiling in a corner can do wonders. Caveat the ceiling needs to be white.  Good luck with your new gear.

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