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Corse with NX300+12-24

Started Sep 22, 2013 | Discussions
mrpics Forum Member • Posts: 99
Corse with NX300+12-24

I recently spend a holiday in Corse (France). It was my first outing with the NX300.

I have a trusty NX100 and the NX300 arrived the day before departure, so I was really happy to take it with me. Sadly, since I didn't want to focus too much on doing things, I decided to set the NX300 to "auto" most of the time and just point&shoot. (It was the first real holiday in two years, so I desperately needed to get my head clear...;)

Sadly especially in cases where the sun is directly in the frame or lighting up the clouds, the camera had some "problems" getting the exposure right. So next time, I'll be more cautious with the "auto" and try and do things by myself.

Below are some of those auto shots, which I think turned out fine. I am extremely happy with the "panorama" function, since it got great results most of the time.

I now have 20-50, 18-55, 30, 45, 50-200, 12-24, but it seems like 12-24 & 45 will be my traveling  setup with the 30 thrown in if "carrying less" is not the highest priority.

I have to say that I am extremely happy with the 12-24, since it covers most of my "snapping/holiday" needs. Although the 30&45 return sharper images, being able to get a huge landscape in a frame and suck in a whole room from the door without "fisheying" is great.

...just my 2 cents. I hope you can get some joy out of my lower than basic photographic skills.

The first two are panos. All are straight OOC, no PP, could not be bothered yet.

Lac du Melo, France

Grand Canyon, France

a 45mm one thrown in for good measure

 mrpics's gear list:mrpics's gear list
Samsung NX100 Samsung NX300 Samsung NX 30mm F2 Pancake Samsung NX 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OIS Samsung NX 50-200mm F4-5.6 OIS +4 more
TJL LTFF
TJL LTFF Senior Member • Posts: 1,728
Re: Corse with NX300+12-24

I enjoyed the views; looks like you have found a lens combo that will work very well for you.

Thanks for sharing.

 TJL LTFF's gear list:TJL LTFF's gear list
Sony RX1R II Samsung NX1 Samsung NX500 Samsung NX 30mm F2 Pancake Samsung NX 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 OIS +10 more
nx200USER1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,097
Re: Corse with NX300+12-24

gorgeous views not forgetting that last one. Seems like you had a great opprotunity to expand on your photographic horizons. Am looking forward to the same opportunity of getting out of the big smoke and exploring with the camera. Thanks for sharing some great examples taken with the sammy.

NewForce Senior Member • Posts: 1,263
Re: Corse with NX300+12-24

Amazing, even with fully auto mode NX300 + 12-24mm lens returning considered very good metering pictures.

I would agree with you those shots with the sun in the frame indeed did not well exposed  for the dark areas, but with no visible flares, it already make those shots like a Pro shots. Maybe next time you can enable the HDR features in NX300 for similar shooting scene. It may help to enhance dark area by just brighten them up.

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