Doing Samsung NX again - Mistake?

markyboy81 wrote:

CCD FTW wrote:

So I have a new (to me) NX1 coming my way and my first NX lens in the 30mm f2. I say these are new, but I sold off all my NX gear long ago. I’ve owned several NX500’s, this will be my second NX1, plus NX20, NX10 (three times), plus 20mm, 30mm, 45mm, 60mm, 85mm, 16-50PZ, 18-55III, 50-200III, a few of them multiple times.

As I say I got rid of it all, but when a cheap(ish) NX1 landed on my door I kind of couldn’t resist. It’s a tempting proposition, good camera - low price. But then there is the glass, which is hard to find and not cheap. It’s also, well kinda iffy. The good stuff is wayyy expensive and then there is nowhere to go with it.

So I don’t know, maybe I keep it as a play thing? Just use it with the 30mm (and get the K adapter and use a Sigma 8-16mm that has been haunting my cupboard for too long)? Or do I get rid of it before I get attached? Maybe make a few bucks out of it?

Any thoughts? I’m not seeing lens prices going down in the immediate future. The affordable (and findable) ones aren’t that hot anyway.

Hard to answer this. Where are you based? You're right that the decent lenses are hard to come by and at a high price. But the 30mm is phenomenal in my view. I've got almost all the nx lenses and hadn't used the 30mm for a long time until the other day when I took some shots and video on my nx500.

I have to say that the 30mm alone is probably my favourite nx lens and if I had to keep just one, that would probably be it. To be honest it's better suited to something like the nx500. Of course the auto focus isn't great (but touch focus helps a lot) and it has no ois (no great loss to me apart from video, which can be stabilised in post)

If I were you, I'd keep the nx1 and 30mm and keep my eye out for the prices to come down. I reckon you'll still be able to sell the nx1 in years to come. I might even knock on your door if mine packs up!

#30mm

I know exactly what you mean and this is the tough thing about it. Honestly I bought my last NX1 and NX500 knowing full well that there would be nothing new coming for the system. I bought it thinking ‘well it’s no different than buying a nice fixed lens camera, but with a few lenses to choose from’. But despite that logic it still didn’t make a whole lot of sense for me personally. Say I kept it just to use with the 30mm f2, it’s a very nice camera, BUT is it really ‘that’ different to say using my X-T2 with 35mm f2? I don’t want to draw comparisons too much, but it is not really doing anything new or different in the grand scheme of things.