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Best pancake lens for NX1100?

Started Aug 26, 2016 | Discussions thread
OP Caleb PM New Member • Posts: 5
Re: Best pancake lens for NX1100?

Thank you for the advice.  I assume I can find the model numbers for these lenses on the Samsung site.

A little about my photography skills:  I've been using cameras for years, but mostly on automatic settings.  I don't have a clear understanding of F-stops, etc.  My macro photography is of products:  I put jewelry components on a plate on my desk, stand over them and shoot (in aperature-priority mode, F5.6, which I found gives me the sharpest shots).  I hold the camera about 20-22 inches above the desk surface.  I am zoomed out when I do it.

This brings me to another topic:  The camera settings for macro photography have always confused me.  My kit lens is always in the wide position when I photograph, but I have read that some experts recomment zooming in.  As you know, the NX1100 doesn't have a macro mode, so the camera does the focussing for me.  So if I'm using my kit lens in wide mode to do my macro photography, why can't I use a prime lens for macro photography, since the prime lens is always in wide mode?

Of course, with the camera at least 20 inches above the jewelry components, some might consider my jewelry shots to be more portrait than macro.

By the way, the 30mm lens is 30mm on the camera, or is there a conversion factor?

Thanks!

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