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NX500 still worth it in 2020?

Started Jul 15, 2020 | Discussions thread
kewals New Member • Posts: 7
Re: NX500 still worth it in 2020?
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Hi mate, I was buying and selling NX500 four times because wanted to try a camera that I thought would be better but eventually always came back to nx500 due to its amazing image quality, pancake lenses and small size. My favourite lenses are 45mm f1.8, 20mm f2.8 and Samyang 8mm f2.8 fisheye. I have tried NX1 with expensive lenses (loved it but too large), Now I own also Sony a7R3 with amazing image quality but again unlike NX500 I can't keep it with me all the time. NX500 has an amazing sensor and I believe that as far as detail is concerned it can be surpassed only by high-resolution ff cameras like a7r3 etc but the difference is not that big anyway. I thought about 12-14 as it has v good reviews but a bit too large while Samyang 8mm is small and great fun. I wouldn't buy 20-40 nor 16-50 kit lenses as although they are not bad the combination of 20mm and 45mm gives much better results and they are very sharp. 45mm is one of the sharpest lenses I have ever used (including wide open) and both are cheap. I also like 20mm because with nx550 it is pocketable :-). I've had about 20 different cameras and many good lenses.

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