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The real price for the 85mm?

Started Dec 31, 2019 | Questions thread
Massao Senior Member • Posts: 2,580
Re: The real price for the 85mm?

CraigVMN wrote:

Massao wrote:

eilivk wrote:

One for $550 here and two for the same at ebay. What people WANT. But the REAL price?

There is no real price. For those with NX cameras, 85mm could be worth a lot, but I wouldn't pay more than 350USD. The thing is, for portaits, it is ideal to have a wireless (radio) external lighting system for optimum results. Since Samsung has no such option, the whole system is best for landscape, macro, videos, etc., but not for portraits. At least, that is how I've used my Samsung NX system. Another reason is the poor out-of-camera (OOC) jpeg skin tones in Samsung NX system--Sony has the same issue (I much prefer Pentax for OOC skin tones, though I've heard good things about Fujifilm also)

Personally, I'm no longer interested in NX 85mm because I already have the following lenses-- for NX or for other systems (all with autofocus):

  • Samsung 60mm f/2.8
  • Tamron 90mm f/2.8
  • Pentax 100mm f/2.8
  • Minolta AF 135mm f/2.8

My off camera strobes have a wireless trigger which I can use to adjust the output, modeling lamp etc. that just sits in the hotshoe and fires off everything. I then use the Sammy camera manager to trigger the camera and get great results.

With off-camera flashes with manual exposure--that's all well. What we don't have in NX world is an off-camera radio controlled TTL set-up

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Kind regards,
Massao
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