First forays into third party primes
Re: First forays into third party primes
OneLooseCrank wrote:
Hi all,
I've been shooting with an NX1000 for a good few years now... in fact probably since they were newly released; there was a 1/3rd rebate if you sent a copy of the receipt off and it came with a free Tab2, which I promptly sold for a third the camera's cost. So it's been pretty flippin' economical!
I've realised that I'm asking way too much of the two kit lenses that I have and I'm going to experiment with some third party primes. Firstly I'm after a nice fast portrait lens and later, something around the 100-150mm effective for some indoor sports shots.
I've been eyeing up either a Nikkor 35 f2.8 or a Nikkor 50 f1.8. The 35 is a Nikon S mount and the 50 an F mount. In researching I've come across two problems, I can't find an S-NX adaptor, and apparently there is a lens detection switch in the NX1000 which will require a 'card board mod'. I will probably be lens swapping a lot in future so, if there's a known adaptor that accommodates this lens switch I'll change my allegiance to a different system (which will require a couple of decent lenses fitting the aforementioned requirements!)
Any advice on adaptors and which legacy system to invest in?
Cheers,
OLC
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but I also have the nx1000 and there is a code you can put in to enable the camera to shoot without a lens. This is useful for 3rd party lenses that don't trigger the switch on the lens mount.
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