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300mm lens for the Samsung NX 2000?

Started Apr 27, 2014 | Discussions thread
Haptic2015 New Member • Posts: 5
Re: 300mm lens for the Samsung NX 2000?

There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding around crop factor effect on focal length. To be clear, a 200mm lens remains a 200mm lens on any camera. Crop factor only affects field of view. So a 200mm lens on a micro 4/3 camera will have the field of view of a 400mm full frame camera (50% narrower). It still only gives you the same amount of image magnification (4x image magnification). Do doubt people will argue this point, but it remains a fact. The only way to get more focal length is to buy a longer lens and/or a teleconverter. Failing that crop.

Kisaha wrote:

Alaskangal99 wrote:

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I just wanted to make sure that I was not missing an 300mm samsung auto lens for my NX2000. I am not ready to go full manual yet. Still learning and need the auto feature as my crutch.

Actually, in full frame terms the 50-200 is reaching 77-308mm, there was a 300mm/2.8f ready for production, but that it would have costed thousands of euros(or $).

If extra reach is so valuable to you, you can try m4/3 withtheir 2X equiv. A 200mm becomes 400mm.

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