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

Started Mar 29, 2016 | Discussions thread
OP arvidb New Member • Posts: 16
Re: Samsung NX 30 mm f/2 or Nikkor 28 mm f/2.8?

dezinerd wrote:

The image below of my cat hunting dry food was shot at night in a room lit with a single compact flourescent uplight. The lens is a manual focus Micro-Nikkor 105 mm f/4 lens (at f/4). I used the D40's maximum ISO of 1600 and had to brighten it an additional 3 EV in darktable (I used curves to somewhat limit the noise in the shadows, but the end result is about +3 EV). I also had to convert it to B&W due to the color noise, but I actually think it turned out great this way!

Well one thing that is known is that fur sucks up light. ... It does not hurt to have some detail in the eyes either.

Something like this?

I really like the NX500 with Nikkor lenses!

The Nikkor 28/2.8 is great, not the least since it can focus very close (0.25 times magnification). Also, manual focus is a breeze with the focus assist on the NX500 (I switched it to green color). It's just annoying that it's not possible to choose focus spot.

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