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Hiya! I Just bought a NX500

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miked58 Senior Member • Posts: 1,520
Hiya! I Just bought a NX500
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After watching Markuspix on Youtube I found a local seller of the NX500 with 16-50mm OIS for 180 UK pounds. I have had a chance to play and I am starting to like it as a pocketable package after my Ricoh GR died without warning after a pampered life of 1000 phots.

A few (overly sharpened for Facebook) snaps here just to show the sort of thing I get to shoot at the end of my road. No pixel peeking - just for fun.

We have had no Covid here in NZ for a year so there has been plenty of things to shoot over time. Howeve,r this winter has been wetter than usual, with miserable skies every few days so I just get to wander down the road and see this....

Oops - a Sigma DP2Q pic sneaked in here...

Canon 6D, 650D, 60D, EF24-105L,100f2L,  EFS 15-85mm IS, ef-s 60 f2.8, EF 70-200L, EFS 60mm macro, Tokina 50-135 f2.8, EF 40mm STM, 580EX, 430EX, Hensel and Elinchrom studio lights, Nikon 1 plus 3 lenses, Sigma DP2 Quattro

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Wahid Khan 1961 Regular Member • Posts: 179
Re: Hiya! I Just bought a NX500
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Congratulations! Great price. I'm sure you're going to enjoy it.

I love my NX500, it's currently my go to camera. Great light package with one of the small primes. The 16-50mm OIS is an under-rated performer for me.

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OP miked58 Senior Member • Posts: 1,520
Re: Hiya! I Just bought a NX500

Wahid Khan 1961 wrote:

Congratulations! Great price. I'm sure you're going to enjoy it.

I love my NX500, it's currently my go to camera. Great light package with one of the small primes. The 16-50mm OIS is an under-rated performer for me.

I have been on the lookout for a 30mm prime but there is only a 45mm for sale locally. I tend to shoot wider so I am not sure if the 45mm is for me.

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Wahid Khan 1961 Regular Member • Posts: 179
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miked58 wrote:

Wahid Khan 1961 wrote:

Congratulations! Great price. I'm sure you're going to enjoy it.

I love my NX500, it's currently my go to camera. Great light package with one of the small primes. The 16-50mm OIS is an under-rated performer for me.

I have been on the lookout for a 30mm prime but there is only a 45mm for sale locally. I tend to shoot wider so I am not sure if the 45mm is for me.

Ditto. I have both and both a good lenses, but the 30mm gets lot more usage.

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markyboy81 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,778
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What a bargain!

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bkbirge New Member • Posts: 19
Re: Hiya! I Just bought a NX500
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I'm no pro but I love the nx500. Just picked up a 16mm prime and it is probably my new favorite lens. I've got the 2D/3D 45mm and love it too, hard not to take a great picture with it on the 2D setting and the 3D is just fun, but as others have mentioned it's a bit close in for pick up and go work which is pretty much all I do. I've got the 10mm fisheye also which is pretty spectacular. I like the 16mm because it's equiv to a 24mm full frame so it's got a natural movie look to the vids.

Wahid Khan 1961 Regular Member • Posts: 179
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bkbirge wrote:

I'm no pro but I love the nx500. Just picked up a 16mm prime and it is probably my new favorite lens. I've got the 2D/3D 45mm and love it too, hard not to take a great picture with it on the 2D setting and the 3D is just fun, but as others have mentioned it's a bit close in for pick up and go work which is pretty much all I do. I've got the 10mm fisheye also which is pretty spectacular. I like the 16mm because it's equiv to a 24mm full frame so it's got a natural movie look to the vids.

Had a chance to buy the 10mm in the early days and didn't, boy do I regret it! Love the 16mm too, on my NX500 most of the time for walks.

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markyboy81 Veteran Member • Posts: 4,778
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Wahid Khan 1961 wrote:

bkbirge wrote:

I'm no pro but I love the nx500. Just picked up a 16mm prime and it is probably my new favorite lens. I've got the 2D/3D 45mm and love it too, hard not to take a great picture with it on the 2D setting and the 3D is just fun, but as others have mentioned it's a bit close in for pick up and go work which is pretty much all I do. I've got the 10mm fisheye also which is pretty spectacular. I like the 16mm because it's equiv to a 24mm full frame so it's got a natural movie look to the vids.

Had a chance to buy the 10mm in the early days and didn't, boy do I regret it! Love the 16mm too, on my NX500 most of the time for walks.

I bought the 10mm, loved it, sold it, bought another!

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Gesture Forum Pro • Posts: 10,236
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Samsung. No new NX cameras. We get it.

Just do a production run of lenses!!!!!!!!!!

doceyes Regular Member • Posts: 179
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bkbirge wrote:

I've got the 10mm fisheye also which is pretty spectacular. I like the 16mm because it's equiv to a 24mm full frame so it's got a natural movie look to the vids.

The only thing more rare than the 10mm is the nx mini adapter for mounting nx lenses. That lens never comes up for sale locally.

180 pounds? Seriously? It took me a year to find a reasonably priced one. Enjoy.

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OP miked58 Senior Member • Posts: 1,520
Re: Hiya! I Just bought a NX500

doceyes wrote:

bkbirge wrote:

I've got the 10mm fisheye also which is pretty spectacular. I like the 16mm because it's equiv to a 24mm full frame so it's got a natural movie look to the vids.

The only thing more rare than the 10mm is the nx mini adapter for mounting nx lenses. That lens never comes up for sale locally.

180 pounds? Seriously? It took me a year to find a reasonably priced one. Enjoy.

Actually I made a mistake - the price was the equivalent of 140 pounds. I bought on a whim because you never know what you might get in an online trade but it was pretty nice condition, battery holds full charge which is lucky as it is hard to get a replacement currently. The lens seems good too. I have plenty of expensive lenses for my Canon cameras so this was just for a pocket replacement for my old Ricoh GR. I liked the idea of 4k but in use I will likely stick with 1080p.

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