Favourite/best lenses for NX1/NX500

james _ wrote:

markyboy81 wrote:

Just a bit of fun but wondered what your favourite lenses are for the NX1/NX500 and why. I chose these 2 cameras because they are arguably the best in the system.

I'll go first;

NX500

1. 16-50 pz - compact and light, this is great for everyday use, it's quite sharp and has good autofocus, also great for video.

2. 30mm - smallest lens on the system, fantastic image quality and wide aperture.

3. Here I'm torn between the 10mm (very sharp, works well with 4k crop) and the 45mm (great portrait lens, relatively compact and fantastic IQ).

NX1

1. 16-50s lens - great image quality and autofocus, this is pretty much glued to the camera.

2. 18-200mm - really versatile and although a little slow, this lens has IQ that really isn't that bad. And for video it's fantastic.

3. Hard to pick a third, I'd say that the 60mm is great as a portrait and macro lens but it gets used rarely.

I really like the 10mm fisheye...it was my first fisheye and just opened up a new, fun world.

I have a Rokinon 12mm f2 that I really love. sometimes wish for AF and focus peaking, but for the price is great for wide angle.

I love the fisheye too, had lots of fun with that one. I also owned the 12mm for a bit but found it tough without autofocus, even though I'd read you could just set it to infinity and not worry about it for everything past about a metre. It never seems to work that way!