Question About Lenses for NX1

I have both the NX 50-200 and the 50-150 S.

I initially bought the 50-200 for my NX 500 to test the waters with this cam. It's not bad at all for a cheap zoom, but obviously doesn't have critical sharpness, resolution and micro contrast (pop). There really is a very significant difference between the two lenses in these aspects, also in terms of AF speed and bokeh.The 50-150S is a truly superb lens, but it's of course heavy and costs a bunch. I don't use my 50-200 anymore since I have the 50-150 S.

Now, the 50-200 is actially not that bad, especially given its low price, but if you want superfast and accurate AF and excellent image quality, also in difficult lighting like backlit scenes (shooting against the sun/light source) you can forget the 50-200 as it flares a lot in these situations, and the images come out whitish and flat, massively losing contrast and colours. This is a major issue in landscape shooting, btw, and also for portrait. The image quality of the 50-200 also drops quite a bit towards its long end. Its AF is pretty good, I used it initially for kids action photos, but it's no match for the blazingly fast and accurate AF of the 50-150 S.

The 50-150 S, big as it is, balances very well on the N1, for which it was made. Just like the 16-50 S you and I have. These lenses complement each other perfectly on the NX1.

I never have my cams dangle around my neck, btw, always on the shoulder. Weight is less of an issue then, and you can switch shoulders.

Andrea