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What lenses are you using? Anything Legacy?

Started Jun 5, 2016 | Discussions thread
PhotoLouP Forum Member • Posts: 80
Re: What lenses are you using? Anything Legacy?

A few notes for legacy lens use:  the lenses Samsung has that are their best:  30mm, 85mm etc. generally will outperform the legacy lenses in those ranges.  And now Rokinon/Samyang/Bower have some great manual focus lenses that are in some cases superb, my 12mm Rokinon is almost glued to the NX500 (previously was the 30mm Samsung).  For the legacy lens use, minor considerations:

1. EXIF generally is limited, so don't forget to take notes--you'll never remember after the fact!

2. Use the center button to zoom in and focus.  It works well.

3. If I'm on a tripod, with the tilt screens it is almost like having an old TLR camera.  Easy to use, and if you're taking your time anyways, great results are possible!

I'd like to try more Leica R but they are still expensive. Haven't tried Nikon or recent Canon.

 PhotoLouP's gear list:PhotoLouP's gear list
Samsung NX100 Samsung NX20 Samsung NX500 Sony a7R IVA Samsung NX 30mm F2 Pancake +13 more
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