Thread: Samsung announce the NX300

Wolf, we'd be the Bonnie and Clyde of mirrorless, lol !!!
I've read raving reviews about the 30/2. In fact I found one for sale at 130€ once and that alone made me want to get a NX body !! But they're not mainstream enough yet, I couldn't bring myself to get something so "different". Resale value seems very, very low on that system (which is great as a buyer, BTW)...

I've been considering getting a used NX10 or NX200 with the 30/2 for months now, with the alternatives being an OM-D with 20/1.7 or a used X100. Right now the X100 is looking most likely, but I really do like that 30/2...

Muahahhaha, i'll make you feel sorry you don't have a samsung nx with 30mm once i start posting photos of my little combo ;)

but yea resale value is low, i don't know if i'll be able to sell the 20-50 kit lens...
no drama if i don't, 250 euro for an nx200 is still nice...
Hence why this will never be my main system (not even second)

The main reason i'm getting the samsung is for the sleek body with this great 30mm pancake and very maybe the 45mm later on
I read somebody saying the 30mm is better then the panasonic 20mm 1.7

what are the cheapest prices for the 30mm in europe?
so far the cheapest i got is 219 euro

that's the going rate for a new one in Holland, too. Used ones aren't very easy to find, I think partly because the NX system isn't that popular and partly because those who have an NX system with 30/2 don't want to get rid of the lens

whether it's better than the Panasonic 20/1.7 I don't know, but it's a great performer, has a wide aperture, is very small and isn't all that expensive - pretty much the perfect combination, if you ask me!

I haven't tried a Samsung zoom yet. My NX200 came with the 30mm pancake for $300 used, and I added a 20mm pancake for another $100. As it stands I am going to keep my Samsung kit to just that (not that I wouldn't like to expand it, I just really don't need to ). The 30mm is a super little lens: small and sharp like the Panasonic 20/1.7 but with some good character wide open like the Panasonic Leica 25/1.4. The Samsung 20mm is a nice add-on as well. At f/2.8 it is not particularly fast but can still do some decently shallow depth-of-field close-up.

SNX200-SAM_2594-PR Samsung NX200 Brisbane Australia | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The limitation of the Samsung pancakes is similar to that of the Panasonic 20/1.7 and the Fuji 35/1.4. Like them they are unit focusing lenses so the entire optical group has to move to focus, whereas the latest Micro 4/3 primes have clearly shown that internal focusing is the ideal method for lightning fast AF.

Originally Posted by bartjeej

I've been considering getting a used NX10 or NX200 with the 30/2 for months now, with the alternatives being an OM-D with 20/1.7 or a used X100. Right now the X100 is looking most likely, but I really do like that 30/2...

You've certainly cast the net wide with those three options with regards to price and functionality!

Originally Posted by Luckypenguin

You've certainly cast the net wide with those three options with regards to price and functionality!

yeah, my demands are pretty much impossible to meet, so I'm looking at different options that get me close in one way or another...

Originally Posted by bartjeej

yeah, my demands are pretty much impossible to meet, so I'm looking at different options that get me close in one way or another...

Ah !! That would describe me perfectly too !

there's not one camera that can do it all i'd say ;)

Originally Posted by Wolf

there's not one camera that can do it all i'd say ;)

The D700 can do it all... but doesn't fit in my purse ;)