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Samsung Gx10 lens help

Started Oct 5, 2019 | Discussions
Ozpants2 New Member • Posts: 5
Samsung Gx10 lens help

Help required by a novice.

I have no idea about photography but I was looking for a hobby that I could involve my son in with me .

I purchased a second hand Samsung GX10 and it came with a 18-55 lens.

I would like to buy a zoom lens but I have no idea what is compatible, I have read good reports about the Tamron 70-300 would this fit my camera.

If not can you suggest a reasonable priced lens.

Thank you

paul

Samsung GX-10
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kypfer Contributing Member • Posts: 985
Re: Samsung Gx10 lens help
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The Samsung GX10 was a rebadged Pentax K10D, with slight cosmetic differences, which was a top-of-the-range camera in it's day, and still a perfectly capable 10Mpixel camera!

The Tamron 70-300mm will doubtless serve you very well if you can find one in Pentax fitting. I've used Tamron lenses on my Pentax's (and before) for very many years and continue to be happy with them. I don't have this particular model, but own and use both the 18-200mm and the 90-300mm regularly.

Unfortunately both Tamron and Sigma have chosen to reduce their support for Pentax in recent times, so any new stock you can find is likely to be the last of it. Fortunately, there have been very many lenses produced in the last 30 years or so that will work perfectly well on your Samsung, so don't be put off. One of Pentax's selling points is the backward compatibility of their lens system, virtually unchanged since 1975!

Good luck and enjoy

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