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Brief Review on NX-m 9-27mm: An unreliable lens that breaks

Started Mar 22, 2019 | User reviews
sillycornlotty
sillycornlotty Regular Member • Posts: 268
Brief Review on NX-m 9-27mm: An unreliable lens that breaks
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The only available zoom lens for NX-m system, covering 24-72mm FF equiv. range.

The lens is poorly designed and almost every copy breaks after a year or two with focusing issue or unusable zoom range at 9-13mm.

Excluding this flaw, the lens is actually pretty good.

Soft at wide and tele-end, but is decent sharp at mid-range.

If you are able to buy it at USD 20-30 dollars range, give it a try. If not, you should leave it and get the 17mm F1.8 OSS.

 sillycornlotty's gear list:sillycornlotty's gear list
Nikon AF-S DX Micro-Nikkor 85mm f/3.5G ED VR Nikon 1 Nikkor VR 6.7-13mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon 1 Nikkor 32mm f/1.2 Samsung NX-M 17mm F1.8 OIS Samsung NX mini +4 more
Samsung NX-M 9-27mm F3.5-5.6 ED OIS
Zoom lens • Samsung NX-M • EX-YZ927ZZASUS
Announced: Mar 19, 2014
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Kinger
Kinger Contributing Member • Posts: 549
Re: Brief Review on NX-m 9-27mm: An unreliable lens that breaks
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This is true. Mine failed during a Hawaii trip. Fortunately I had the 9mm and 17mm along. There is a write up somewhere on how to repair this. I think it eventually happens to all of them.

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Canon EOS M5 Canon EOS M200 Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM Canon EF-S 10-18mm F4.5–5.6 IS STM +3 more
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