Samsung NX2000 lens choices

camerateen wrote:

Hiya everyone,

I'm a teen from uk, that's started to take an interest in photography. I'm about to purchase a used Samsung NX2000 camera, but it doesn't come with any lenses.

1. What type of lens can this camera fit? I mean can I use generic ones or different brand versions?
2. Also are lens normally very expensive for samsung compared to other brands?

Just to let you know, I'm not too fussed about branded lenses, so long as they can do a good quality job. I am after lenses which can take photos with shallow depth of field and bokeh effects.

Thank you

I'm not aware of any third party lenses for the NX mount that autofocus, but there are a number that are manual focus lenses and of course adapters for older lenses from other mounts.  I have a Rokinon 12mm f2 in NX mount that is very easy to focus since anything about 4-5 paces away is in focus on the infinity setting, but unless you get one of the Samsungs with a viewfinder I would discourage you from going with manually focused lenses, it is more difficult to get critical focus while using the screen.

The other thing to mention is that Samsung lenses have always been a fantastic value, you can pick up the 30mm f2 or 45mm 1.8 for a fraction of what something similar from Sony would run you.  I have an NX300 and keep the 30mm f2 on it almost all the time.  For me this is a good combination of compact, good focal length, and good bokeh without needing to get right next to my subject.  I've had the 45mm but sold it to get the Rokinon I mentioned earlier, but have considered buying another because you can get them so cheaply and the image quality is very good.

While it does seem that the system is dead, there is still a lot of good equipment out there and you can get a good camera and some lenses together for not a lot of money and I think that still makes it worthwhile.