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Old manual focus lenses for NX500

Started Jul 8, 2018 | Discussions thread
norman shearer Senior Member • Posts: 1,418
Re: Old manual focus lenses for NX500

Nate8833 wrote:

Hello,

I just picked up an NX500, and I took it out and a few lenses out for a test run. The 16mm pancake is a pretty poor performer, but the 30mm pancake and 45mm f1.8 looked good. I did seem to see some shutter shock with the 30mm, but I'll have to keep testing to confirm.

The 16mm pancake is my most used lens - damn fine performer for street. AF not great but I zone focus anyway..

Anyway, what I was really blown away by was the performance of my old Nikon 55mm f3.5. Even focused to infinity it was the best performing lens. So of course now I'm thinking... Anyone have recommendations for manual focus lenses (Nikon or otherwise) in the wide to normal range that you have seen outperform Samsung's own lens lineup? I have no problem manual focusing so I'd love to pick up some fun, sharp lenses on the cheap.

Personally I'd go easy on adapting legacy glass for NX500 - it's not nearly as practical as it would be on a camera with an EVF and APS-C crop means the lenses will not perform as they were designed ie; for FF. Focus magnify in centre only is also a pain. If you are only using lenses you already own then and I guess lenses that will give you greater than 200mm will broaden NX500 use-age but big/heavy glass is not the best match for NX500.

Most of my legacy lenses sat in the cupboard until I got a Sony A7R2. I did initially use them on m43 and APS-C but found OEM lenses and AF worked better.

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