Newbie saying hello

Hi all,

My name is Oliver. I am from Wolverhampton in UK. I am an absolute Novice.

My only experience with a camera is a point and shoot fujifilm bridge camera that may as well have been a compact. I use auto mode continually and didn't know what aperture was until today.

My extended family and i are travelling to Spain in the coming weeks and i decided that a trip with the whole family may need a better camera to capture the memories ( or Horrors). I looked endlessly, with a small budget of £150 but nothing caught my eye. Then, i stumbled across the NX1000. Out of my price range, i searched and found a body only for sale for £70. Great condition with all the accessories. I snapped it up not realising how expensive the lens for this camera was !. Then another discovery, Legacy Lenses.

Heres where im at currently. I bought a CANON EOS 28-80mm f3.5- 5.6 AF USM ZOOM LENS MK V and a Canon EOS lens to Samsung NX NX-mount adapter converter.

I know the lens doesn't have rave reviews but it was £20 and mint so perfect for my budget and ability. The adapter cost me £20 too so all in i've spent £110.

I'm probably going to get loads of compatibility issues etc so i thought id better join a forum. you guys seem to have a lot of experience in this area so hopefully you'll be there when im struggling.

Thanks

Hello!

You should have asked for advice before you bought anything.

This Canon lens was probably the most useless lens you could buy.

You will not have autofocus, aperture control and proper wide angle.
Especially the lack of autofocus will be a problem for a novice like you.

My advice: try to get a Samsung NX 20-50mm lens.

sideburns said:

Hello!

You should have asked for advice before you bought anything.

This Canon lens was probably the most useless lens you could buy.

You will not have autofocus, aperture control and proper wide angle.
Especially the lack of autofocus will be a problem for a novice like you.

My advice: try to get a Samsung NX 20-50mm lens.

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Ha Ha, nice positive start there !!!

In all fairness, i didn't know how how little i knew until i took the plunge !

Buying a samsung lens is out of the question. I've got about £30 Left. Any other suggestions

This link is a good start http://www.exposureguide.com/photography-basics.htm

The NX1000 doesn't have focus peaking so it will make focusing that much harder and I don't know if you can use focus zoom with a button click when using non-native lens on the NX1000.

I would suggest keeping an eye out for a cheap Samsung NX 20-50mm F3.5-5.6 ED you can get them for real cheap and that would give you autofocus and it is a pretty decent lens on the nx1000.

In the meantime read the link I posted and practice practice practice. the more photos you take the better you will get. Its a steep learning curve going full manual from the start so expect a low keep rate in the beginning.

hope this was helpful.

Cheers.

Sendeva said:

This link is a good start http://www.exposureguide.com/photography-basics.htm

The NX1000 doesn't have focus peaking so it will make focusing that much harder and I don't know if you can use focus zoom with a button click when using non-native lens on the NX1000.

I would suggest keeping an eye out for a cheap Samsung NX 20-50mm F3.5-5.6 ED you can get them for real cheap and that would give you autofocus and it is a pretty decent lens on the nx1000.

In the meantime read the link I posted and practice practice practice. the more photos you take the better you will get. Its a steep learning curve going full manual from the start so expect a low keep rate in the beginning.

hope this was helpful.

Cheers.

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Thats very helpful. Thank you.

Bigman80 said:

Hi all,

My name is Oliver. I am from Wolverhampton in UK. I am an absolute Novice.

My only experience with a camera is a point and shoot fujifilm bridge camera that may as well have been a compact. I use auto mode continually and didn't know what aperture was until today.

Click to expand...

Quick Cheat Sheet:

Aperture:Wider (e.g. f/1.8) -> brighter, more light, shallower depth of field/less in focus area in the shot, Narrower (e.g. f/16) -> darker, less light, deeper depth of field/more in focus area in the shot.

Shutter Speed: Faster (e.g. 1/2000) -> less light, darker, frozen action, no motion blur, Slower (e.g. 5 seconds) -> more light, brighter, blur from subject motion or from camera shake (use a tripod to avoid the later).

ISO: Not actually important in a way, but in digital basically sets an image display brightness per se and changes the on sensor gain, high ISO is associated with high grain and noise but is not actually the cause of these. Rather, having a high ISO shot when metering normally indicates that your shot didn't have much light and it is actually that lack of light which is the cause of the noise and grain. So for good looking images we like to generally keep the ISO as low as possible while still doing what we need to with the aperture and shutter speed to get our desired results.

Those are the three things you can set it manual mode. Other modes will let you set one or two of these and let the camera handle the rest (e.g. in aperture priority mode you set the aperture and maybe the ISO, though auto ISO is often an option on more modern cameras, and the camera will figure out what shutter speed to use).

Using legacy lenses on NX camera works properly only in the M (full manual) and A (Aperture priority) modes, which is generally the case for using legacy lenses on other systems as well.

Bigman80 said:

My extended family and i are travelling to Spain in the coming weeks and i decided that a trip with the whole family may need a better camera to capture the memories ( or Horrors). I looked endlessly, with a small budget of £150 but nothing caught my eye. Then, i stumbled across the NX1000. Out of my price range, i searched and found a body only for sale for £70. Great condition with all the accessories. I snapped it up not realising how expensive the lens for this camera was !. Then another discovery, Legacy Lenses.

Heres where im at currently. I bought a CANON EOS 28-80mm f3.5- 5.6 AF USM ZOOM LENS MK V and a Canon EOS lens to Samsung NX NX-mount adapter converter.

I know the lens doesn't have rave reviews but it was £20 and mint so perfect for my budget and ability. The adapter cost me £20 too so all in i've spent £110.

I'm probably going to get loads of compatibility issues etc

Click to expand...

That is unfortunate, EOS/EF lenses are some of the toughest to work with on NX cameras. First, no auto focus (AF), I'm sure you expected that of course though, since the adapter has no electronics. Second, no aperture control, Canon EF lenses normally have their aperture controlled purely electronically, there is a workaround for this, but the workaround requires using a Canon body to set the desired aperture and then switching the lens. You're lucky this is a lens that has manual focus, some of the newer ones do not (e.g. Canon 40mm f/2.8, lens is focus by wire, i.e. even the manual focus is accomplished electronically). You would have been much better off using adapted FD lenses or Nikon lenses, or Pentax, etc... That is also well known to be quite a poor lens, hence the price. Alright, let's not harp on about that though, you've got 40 pounds still around, can you stretch that into a Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 and an FD to NX adapter? I know, it's only one focal length, but when dealing with legacy lenses the single focal length lenses (primes) are often better. A Helios 44 with respective adapter to NX is also a good option (even an EF mount Helios because it's an all manual lens, like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Helios-44-2-...UTF8&qid=1469570399&sr=1-7&keywords=Helios+44). Try and sell that Canon 28-80, the price on Amazon suggests you can get more for it than you bought it for, though not by a lot. The EF to NX adapter... hmm, probably not worth it to bother selling it, maybe save it to use with a more worthy EF lens, perhaps if you find a 3rd party all manual one at a good price so that these electronic incompatibilities aren't an issue, or if you use a lens where shooting only wide open isn't an issue. Oh, and make sure that any legacy lens you get is in a mount that has a longer flange distance than the NX one.


There are a few more as well, but basically, check for availability of an adapter before buying of course.

For a native Samsung lens, the first I guess I would recommend on a tight budget is the 16-50 PZ, about ~140 USD is the cheapest I'm seeing at the moment though. After that, the 50-200 OIS III, or II, or I, they're almost identical.


When using your legacy lenses, using the magnification focus assist may be very useful, 5x or 8x I believe (activate with 'ok' button after setting it in the menus).

You may also find this old thread useful: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/42339976

Bigman80 said:

so i thought id better join a forum. you guys seem to have a lot of experience in this area so hopefully you'll be there when im struggling.

Thanks

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ttbek said:

Bigman80 said:

Hi all,

My name is Oliver. I am from Wolverhampton in UK. I am an absolute Novice.

My only experience with a camera is a point and shoot fujifilm bridge camera that may as well have been a compact. I use auto mode continually and didn't know what aperture was until today.

Click to expand...

Quick Cheat Sheet:

Aperture:Wider (e.g. f/1.8) -> brighter, more light, shallower depth of field/less in focus area in the shot, Narrower (e.g. f/16) -> darker, less light, deeper depth of field/more in focus area in the shot.

Shutter Speed: Faster (e.g. 1/2000) -> less light, darker, frozen action, no motion blur, Slower (e.g. 5 seconds) -> more light, brighter, blur from subject motion or from camera shake (use a tripod to avoid the later).

ISO: Not actually important in a way, but in digital basically sets an image display brightness per se and changes the on sensor gain, high ISO is associated with high grain and noise but is not actually the cause of these. Rather, having a high ISO shot when metering normally indicates that your shot didn't have much light and it is actually that lack of light which is the cause of the noise and grain. So for good looking images we like to generally keep the ISO as low as possible while still doing what we need to with the aperture and shutter speed to get our desired results.

Those are the three things you can set it manual mode. Other modes will let you set one or two of these and let the camera handle the rest (e.g. in aperture priority mode you set the aperture and maybe the ISO, though auto ISO is often an option on more modern cameras, and the camera will figure out what shutter speed to use).

Using legacy lenses on NX camera works properly only in the M (full manual) and A (Aperture priority) modes, which is generally the case for using legacy lenses on other systems as well.

ttbek said:

My extended family and i are travelling to Spain in the coming weeks and i decided that a trip with the whole family may need a better camera to capture the memories ( or Horrors). I looked endlessly, with a small budget of £150 but nothing caught my eye. Then, i stumbled across the NX1000. Out of my price range, i searched and found a body only for sale for £70. Great condition with all the accessories. I snapped it up not realising how expensive the lens for this camera was !. Then another discovery, Legacy Lenses.

Heres where im at currently. I bought a CANON EOS 28-80mm f3.5- 5.6 AF USM ZOOM LENS MK V and a Canon EOS lens to Samsung NX NX-mount adapter converter.

I know the lens doesn't have rave reviews but it was £20 and mint so perfect for my budget and ability. The adapter cost me £20 too so all in i've spent £110.

I'm probably going to get loads of compatibility issues etc

Click to expand...

That is unfortunate, EOS/EF lenses are some of the toughest to work with on NX cameras. First, no auto focus (AF), I'm sure you expected that of course though, since the adapter has no electronics. Second, no aperture control, Canon EF lenses normally have their aperture controlled purely electronically, there is a workaround for this, but the workaround requires using a Canon body to set the desired aperture and then switching the lens. You're lucky this is a lens that has manual focus, some of the newer ones do not (e.g. Canon 40mm f/2.8, lens is focus by wire, i.e. even the manual focus is accomplished electronically). You would have been much better off using adapted FD lenses or Nikon lenses, or Pentax, etc... That is also well known to be quite a poor lens, hence the price. Alright, let's not harp on about that though, you've got 40 pounds still around, can you stretch that into a Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 and an FD to NX adapter? I know, it's only one focal length, but when dealing with legacy lenses the single focal length lenses (primes) are often better. A Helios 44 with respective adapter to NX is also a good option (even an EF mount Helios because it's an all manual lens, like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Helios-44-2-...UTF8&qid=1469570399&sr=1-7&keywords=Helios+44). Try and sell that Canon 28-80, the price on Amazon suggests you can get more for it than you bought it for, though not by a lot. The EF to NX adapter... hmm, probably not worth it to bother selling it, maybe save it to use with a more worthy EF lens, perhaps if you find a 3rd party all manual one at a good price so that these electronic incompatibilities aren't an issue, or if you use a lens where shooting only wide open isn't an issue. Oh, and make sure that any legacy lens you get is in a mount that has a longer flange distance than the NX one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_NX-mount#Adaptation_to_non-NX_lenses

There are a few more as well, but basically, check for availability of an adapter before buying of course.

For a native Samsung lens, the first I guess I would recommend on a tight budget is the 16-50 PZ, about ~140 USD is the cheapest I'm seeing at the moment though. After that, the 50-200 OIS III, or II, or I, they're almost identical.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-NX1...991617?hash=item33bb32a941:g:pQsAAOSwygJXhH1e

When using your legacy lenses, using the magnification focus assist may be very useful, 5x or 8x I believe (activate with 'ok' button after setting it in the menus).

You may also find this old thread useful: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/42339976

ttbek said:

so i thought id better join a forum. you guys seem to have a lot of experience in this area so hopefully you'll be there when im struggling.

Thanks

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Thats incredibly helpful. thank you.

Just looked at the helios !! Right sell the canon, buy a helios. got it. Loving the Bokeh (?) effect.

Will the Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 be compatible with the EOS adapter i bought ?

Bigman80 said:

Will the Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 be compatible with the EOS adapter i bought ?

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Ignore the last post

Right ive bought the Canon and the fd-NX adapter and ill sell the other stuff on. Just waiting for it to arrive now. I'll be back as soon as it arrives with pics, problems etc lol

Bigman80 said:

Bigman80 said:

Will the Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 be compatible with the EOS adapter i bought ?

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Ignore the last post

Right ive bought the Canon and the fd-NX adapter and ill sell the other stuff on. Just waiting for it to arrive now. I'll be back as soon as it arrives with pics, problems etc lol

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There are a few very good/dead cheap FD lenses, try charity shops and the such;attics/relatives basements!

You can find NX 20-50 for dead cheap in various sources, and you will have full auto capabilities, for a newbie and general purpose family lens has excellent sharpness (I think it has an ED element) and it is suoer compact and light.

Good photo taking!

Kisaha said:

Bigman80 said:

Bigman80 said:

Will the Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 be compatible with the EOS adapter i bought ?

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Ignore the last post

Right ive bought the Canon and the fd-NX adapter and ill sell the other stuff on. Just waiting for it to arrive now. I'll be back as soon as it arrives with pics, problems etc lol

Click to expand...

There are a few very good/dead cheap FD lenses, try charity shops and the such;attics/relatives basements!

You can find NX 20-50 for dead cheap in various sources, and you will have full auto capabilities, for a newbie and general purpose family lens has excellent sharpness (I think it has an ED element) and it is suoer compact and light.

Good photo taking!

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Hi,.

Yes, my father in law said he has some old lenses he doesn't use but no idea what they are yet. I really want to get into manually operating the camera so not too worried about AF etc but I have got the Samsung lens as a "saved search" on eBay just in case a bargain pops up. Truth is, I've been blown away by some of the photos people have uploaded using legacy lenses and I want a bit of that action !!! I know they have years of experience but I'm obsessive so I'll persevere.

Bigman80 said:

ttbek said:

Bigman80 said:

Hi all,

My name is Oliver. I am from Wolverhampton in UK. I am an absolute Novice.

My only experience with a camera is a point and shoot fujifilm bridge camera that may as well have been a compact. I use auto mode continually and didn't know what aperture was until today.

Click to expand...

Quick Cheat Sheet:

Aperture:Wider (e.g. f/1.8) -> brighter, more light, shallower depth of field/less in focus area in the shot, Narrower (e.g. f/16) -> darker, less light, deeper depth of field/more in focus area in the shot.

Shutter Speed: Faster (e.g. 1/2000) -> less light, darker, frozen action, no motion blur, Slower (e.g. 5 seconds) -> more light, brighter, blur from subject motion or from camera shake (use a tripod to avoid the later).

ISO: Not actually important in a way, but in digital basically sets an image display brightness per se and changes the on sensor gain, high ISO is associated with high grain and noise but is not actually the cause of these. Rather, having a high ISO shot when metering normally indicates that your shot didn't have much light and it is actually that lack of light which is the cause of the noise and grain. So for good looking images we like to generally keep the ISO as low as possible while still doing what we need to with the aperture and shutter speed to get our desired results.

Those are the three things you can set it manual mode. Other modes will let you set one or two of these and let the camera handle the rest (e.g. in aperture priority mode you set the aperture and maybe the ISO, though auto ISO is often an option on more modern cameras, and the camera will figure out what shutter speed to use).

Using legacy lenses on NX camera works properly only in the M (full manual) and A (Aperture priority) modes, which is generally the case for using legacy lenses on other systems as well.

Bigman80 said:

My extended family and i are travelling to Spain in the coming weeks and i decided that a trip with the whole family may need a better camera to capture the memories ( or Horrors). I looked endlessly, with a small budget of £150 but nothing caught my eye. Then, i stumbled across the NX1000. Out of my price range, i searched and found a body only for sale for £70. Great condition with all the accessories. I snapped it up not realising how expensive the lens for this camera was !. Then another discovery, Legacy Lenses.

Heres where im at currently. I bought a CANON EOS 28-80mm f3.5- 5.6 AF USM ZOOM LENS MK V and a Canon EOS lens to Samsung NX NX-mount adapter converter.

I know the lens doesn't have rave reviews but it was £20 and mint so perfect for my budget and ability. The adapter cost me £20 too so all in i've spent £110.

I'm probably going to get loads of compatibility issues etc

Click to expand...

That is unfortunate, EOS/EF lenses are some of the toughest to work with on NX cameras. First, no auto focus (AF), I'm sure you expected that of course though, since the adapter has no electronics. Second, no aperture control, Canon EF lenses normally have their aperture controlled purely electronically, there is a workaround for this, but the workaround requires using a Canon body to set the desired aperture and then switching the lens. You're lucky this is a lens that has manual focus, some of the newer ones do not (e.g. Canon 40mm f/2.8, lens is focus by wire, i.e. even the manual focus is accomplished electronically). You would have been much better off using adapted FD lenses or Nikon lenses, or Pentax, etc... That is also well known to be quite a poor lens, hence the price. Alright, let's not harp on about that though, you've got 40 pounds still around, can you stretch that into a Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 and an FD to NX adapter? I know, it's only one focal length, but when dealing with legacy lenses the single focal length lenses (primes) are often better. A Helios 44 with respective adapter to NX is also a good option (even an EF mount Helios because it's an all manual lens, like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Helios-44-2-...UTF8&qid=1469570399&sr=1-7&keywords=Helios+44). Try and sell that Canon 28-80, the price on Amazon suggests you can get more for it than you bought it for, though not by a lot. The EF to NX adapter... hmm, probably not worth it to bother selling it, maybe save it to use with a more worthy EF lens, perhaps if you find a 3rd party all manual one at a good price so that these electronic incompatibilities aren't an issue, or if you use a lens where shooting only wide open isn't an issue. Oh, and make sure that any legacy lens you get is in a mount that has a longer flange distance than the NX one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_NX-mount#Adaptation_to_non-NX_lenses

There are a few more as well, but basically, check for availability of an adapter before buying of course.

For a native Samsung lens, the first I guess I would recommend on a tight budget is the 16-50 PZ, about ~140 USD is the cheapest I'm seeing at the moment though. After that, the 50-200 OIS III, or II, or I, they're almost identical.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-NX1...991617?hash=item33bb32a941:g:pQsAAOSwygJXhH1e

When using your legacy lenses, using the magnification focus assist may be very useful, 5x or 8x I believe (activate with 'ok' button after setting it in the menus).

You may also find this old thread useful: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/42339976

Bigman80 said:

so i thought id better join a forum. you guys seem to have a lot of experience in this area so hopefully you'll be there when im struggling.

Thanks

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Thats incredibly helpful. thank you.

Just looked at the helios !! Right sell the canon, buy a helios. got it. Loving the Bokeh (?) effect.

Click to expand...

Personally I like it a lot, but I don't have a helios lens myself, maybe I should get one. I really love the reviews Christopher Frost does: That's the one on the helios. He's very thorough, keeps things in context, and does a great job showing the details of a lens' image quality.

Bigman80 said:

Kisaha said:

Bigman80 said:

Bigman80 said:

Will the Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 be compatible with the EOS adapter i bought ?

Click to expand...

Ignore the last post

Right ive bought the Canon and the fd-NX adapter and ill sell the other stuff on. Just waiting for it to arrive now. I'll be back as soon as it arrives with pics, problems etc lol

Click to expand...

There are a few very good/dead cheap FD lenses, try charity shops and the such;attics/relatives basements!

You can find NX 20-50 for dead cheap in various sources, and you will have full auto capabilities, for a newbie and general purpose family lens has excellent sharpness (I think it has an ED element) and it is suoer compact and light.

Good photo taking!

Click to expand...

Hi,.

Yes, my father in law said he has some old lenses he doesn't use but no idea what they are yet. I really want to get into manually operating the camera so not too worried about AF etc but I have got the Samsung lens as a "saved search" on eBay just in case a bargain pops up. Truth is, I've been blown away by some of the photos people have uploaded using legacy lenses and I want a bit of that action !!! I know they have years of experience but I'm obsessive so I'll persevere.

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Excellent! When you learn what kind of lenses he has, come back.for more.info!

ttbek said:

Bigman80 said:

ttbek said:

Bigman80 said:

Hi all,

My name is Oliver. I am from Wolverhampton in UK. I am an absolute Novice.

My only experience with a camera is a point and shoot fujifilm bridge camera that may as well have been a compact. I use auto mode continually and didn't know what aperture was until today.

Click to expand...

Quick Cheat Sheet:

Aperture:Wider (e.g. f/1.8) -> brighter, more light, shallower depth of field/less in focus area in the shot, Narrower (e.g. f/16) -> darker, less light, deeper depth of field/more in focus area in the shot.

Shutter Speed: Faster (e.g. 1/2000) -> less light, darker, frozen action, no motion blur, Slower (e.g. 5 seconds) -> more light, brighter, blur from subject motion or from camera shake (use a tripod to avoid the later).

ISO: Not actually important in a way, but in digital basically sets an image display brightness per se and changes the on sensor gain, high ISO is associated with high grain and noise but is not actually the cause of these. Rather, having a high ISO shot when metering normally indicates that your shot didn't have much light and it is actually that lack of light which is the cause of the noise and grain. So for good looking images we like to generally keep the ISO as low as possible while still doing what we need to with the aperture and shutter speed to get our desired results.

Those are the three things you can set it manual mode. Other modes will let you set one or two of these and let the camera handle the rest (e.g. in aperture priority mode you set the aperture and maybe the ISO, though auto ISO is often an option on more modern cameras, and the camera will figure out what shutter speed to use).

Using legacy lenses on NX camera works properly only in the M (full manual) and A (Aperture priority) modes, which is generally the case for using legacy lenses on other systems as well.

ttbek said:

My extended family and i are travelling to Spain in the coming weeks and i decided that a trip with the whole family may need a better camera to capture the memories ( or Horrors). I looked endlessly, with a small budget of £150 but nothing caught my eye. Then, i stumbled across the NX1000. Out of my price range, i searched and found a body only for sale for £70. Great condition with all the accessories. I snapped it up not realising how expensive the lens for this camera was !. Then another discovery, Legacy Lenses.

Heres where im at currently. I bought a CANON EOS 28-80mm f3.5- 5.6 AF USM ZOOM LENS MK V and a Canon EOS lens to Samsung NX NX-mount adapter converter.

I know the lens doesn't have rave reviews but it was £20 and mint so perfect for my budget and ability. The adapter cost me £20 too so all in i've spent £110.

I'm probably going to get loads of compatibility issues etc

Click to expand...

That is unfortunate, EOS/EF lenses are some of the toughest to work with on NX cameras. First, no auto focus (AF), I'm sure you expected that of course though, since the adapter has no electronics. Second, no aperture control, Canon EF lenses normally have their aperture controlled purely electronically, there is a workaround for this, but the workaround requires using a Canon body to set the desired aperture and then switching the lens. You're lucky this is a lens that has manual focus, some of the newer ones do not (e.g. Canon 40mm f/2.8, lens is focus by wire, i.e. even the manual focus is accomplished electronically). You would have been much better off using adapted FD lenses or Nikon lenses, or Pentax, etc... That is also well known to be quite a poor lens, hence the price. Alright, let's not harp on about that though, you've got 40 pounds still around, can you stretch that into a Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 and an FD to NX adapter? I know, it's only one focal length, but when dealing with legacy lenses the single focal length lenses (primes) are often better. A Helios 44 with respective adapter to NX is also a good option (even an EF mount Helios because it's an all manual lens, like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Helios-44-2-...UTF8&qid=1469570399&sr=1-7&keywords=Helios+44). Try and sell that Canon 28-80, the price on Amazon suggests you can get more for it than you bought it for, though not by a lot. The EF to NX adapter... hmm, probably not worth it to bother selling it, maybe save it to use with a more worthy EF lens, perhaps if you find a 3rd party all manual one at a good price so that these electronic incompatibilities aren't an issue, or if you use a lens where shooting only wide open isn't an issue. Oh, and make sure that any legacy lens you get is in a mount that has a longer flange distance than the NX one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_NX-mount#Adaptation_to_non-NX_lenses

There are a few more as well, but basically, check for availability of an adapter before buying of course.

For a native Samsung lens, the first I guess I would recommend on a tight budget is the 16-50 PZ, about ~140 USD is the cheapest I'm seeing at the moment though. After that, the 50-200 OIS III, or II, or I, they're almost identical.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-NX1...991617?hash=item33bb32a941:g:pQsAAOSwygJXhH1e

When using your legacy lenses, using the magnification focus assist may be very useful, 5x or 8x I believe (activate with 'ok' button after setting it in the menus).

You may also find this old thread useful: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/42339976

ttbek said:

so i thought id better join a forum. you guys seem to have a lot of experience in this area so hopefully you'll be there when im struggling.

Thanks

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

Thats incredibly helpful. thank you.

Just looked at the helios !! Right sell the canon, buy a helios. got it. Loving the Bokeh (?) effect.

Click to expand...

Personally I like it a lot, but I don't have a helios lens myself, maybe I should get one. I really love the reviews Christopher Frost does:

That's the one on the helios. He's very thorough, keeps things in context, and does a great job showing the details of a lens' image quality.

Click to expand...

If my skills with a canon lens are worth pursuing I'll get a Helios too. Thanks for the link to the review I'll watch it now

Kisaha said:

Bigman80 said:

Kisaha said:

Bigman80 said:

Bigman80 said:

Will the Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 be compatible with the EOS adapter i bought ?

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Ignore the last post

Right ive bought the Canon and the fd-NX adapter and ill sell the other stuff on. Just waiting for it to arrive now. I'll be back as soon as it arrives with pics, problems etc lol

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There are a few very good/dead cheap FD lenses, try charity shops and the such;attics/relatives basements!

You can find NX 20-50 for dead cheap in various sources, and you will have full auto capabilities, for a newbie and general purpose family lens has excellent sharpness (I think it has an ED element) and it is suoer compact and light.

Good photo taking!

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Hi,.

Yes, my father in law said he has some old lenses he doesn't use but no idea what they are yet. I really want to get into manually operating the camera so not too worried about AF etc but I have got the Samsung lens as a "saved search" on eBay just in case a bargain pops up. Truth is, I've been blown away by some of the photos people have uploaded using legacy lenses and I want a bit of that action !!! I know they have years of experience but I'm obsessive so I'll persevere.

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Excellent! When you learn what kind of lenses he has, come back.for more.info!

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Will do. Camera arrived today it's very tidy and looks like new very pleased. Just need the lens etc to try it lol.

so, camera is here. Adapter ring and lens work really well. Mint condition too !. Only trouble is, i am awful lol !!! Taken about 300 photo's and only have 3/4 that look ok. Outdoor the photo's are too dark, If the breeze moves anything it blurry as hell ! lots of practice needed.

In other news, I have also purchased a NX3000 because its brand new and has the official Samsung lens with it plus filters, New bag, 32gb memory card etc all for £160. Now i know someone will say "you could have bought XXXXX" but i didnt have the money all in one go.



Anyway comments on how to improve the focus, aperture, contrast etc on the pic is welcome.

Bigman80 said:

so, camera is here. Adapter ring and lens work really well. Mint condition too !. Only trouble is, i am awful lol !!! Taken about 300 photo's and only have 3/4 that look ok. Outdoor the photo's are too dark, If the breeze moves anything it blurry as hell ! lots of practice needed.

In other news, I have also purchased a NX3000 because its brand new and has the official Samsung lens with it plus filters, New bag, 32gb memory card etc all for £160. Now i know someone will say "you could have bought XXXXX" but i didnt have the money all in one go.

Anyway comments on how to improve the focus, aperture, contrast etc on the pic is welcome.

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The 3000 is a much more advanced and enjoyable camera, plus you can use everything you got for the other Samsung. There is a manual you can download from the official Samsung site, that is -surprisingly- a very good read. If you have very dark pictures outdoors, and blury ones, then you are doing something really wrong!

i'll download the manual, thanks for that.

any idea what im doing wrong outside ?

Bigman80 said:

i'll download the manual, thanks for that.

any idea what im doing wrong outside ?

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If you remember or wrote down the exposure settings to a particular image (I'm assuming your use of the first camera manually is not coming out well), post the image. Tell us as much about the ambient light as you remember. We may be better able to help you figure out the problem.

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The NX3000 is an exceptionally good camera. And you got a brand new one for a very good price. The NX1000 was OK, in it's day, but you are much better off with the NX3000 and an NX kit lens.

Now.... unless you plan to start collecting NX cameras sell off the NX1000 and any Canon legacy lenses and adapters you have. Just get rid of the stuff.

You should have learned something from your NX1000 plus old Canon lens experience. A "newbie" shouldn't be searching for a real challenge, like using mismatched lenses and bodies, and be forced to shoot in manual modes.

All of that will come later, but right now you should be enjoying all the automation that your NX3000 will give you.

I really think you made a good decision with the NX3000. Now, be patient and wait for some nice NX lenses to come on the used market. Since the entire system has been discontinued, you might find some great lenses at very good prices in the future.

And some of those NX lenses are really wonderful.