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On the horns of a dilemma

Started Apr 5, 2017 | Discussions thread
norman shearer Senior Member • Posts: 1,418
Re: Lens breakdown

Delos wrote:

The lenses are a 30mm f/2, a 16-50mm power zoom, and a 45mm f/1.8. I definitely don't need the 30mm (already have one). I'm not sure about the 16-50mm, I have two "kit" lenses that came with my NX200 and NX30, will have to form an opinion about that 16-50 before I decide to give it up. Worst case I'll sell the other two "kit" lenses. The 45mm prime is one I'm really thinking about keeping. I've had very good experiences with other Samsung prime lenses (16mm, 30mm, 85mm), so I think the 45 may fit pretty well into the mix. I'd be curious to hear from anyone in this group about their experience with the 16-50mm power zoom and how it compares with the standard kit lenses.

The 16-50PZ is rather good. It's not quite prime quality but sometimes the flexibility of a zoom is needed. I attended a street motorcycle race meet recently and bought the lens specifically for it because I thought my 45/1.8 might be limiting. it proved the case and the 16-50mm got more use than the 45/1.8.

AF seemed very good - it rarely failed to lock on. Sharpness is decent even wide open but stopping down a bit is best if possible.

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