shawn
Veteran
I've enjoyed shooting a Pentax Q (and Q S1) for years. Tiny interchangeable lens cameras can be a lot of fun. I have a bunch of D and C mount lenses I used on the Pentaxs. Couple of weeks ago I found a Samsung NX Mini cheap and the 9mm lens came yesterday.
The combo makes for a very small, carry anywhere wide angle setup.
A couple of shots to show how tiny it really is....
After holding it awhile it made the x100F feel chunky. The body with lens is about the width of the Fuji body.
The camera itself feels solid, not cheap feeling at all. 20.5 megapixel 1" sensor. Software is full featured and has all the controls one would want. The lens is tiny and to keep with the take anywhere nature of it was never built with a lens cap of any kind. The optical glass is covered with gorilla glass. I'm going to end up 3d printing a flexible cap for it though, just for added peace of mind.
The 9mm is about a 24mm FOV. I actually think it is a bit wider than that but after distortion correction it ends up about there. If you open the RAW files in something other than LR you can see the FOV it a little wider than what you get in LR where you can't turn off the correction. Lens is sharp and will also focus very close.
Even has a tilt screen for low angle (or selfie) shooting.
One of the really interesting design points was Samsung stuffed a massive battery into it. Its battery is on the right and a RX100III on the left.
Haven't used it enough to see what battery life is like but it was rated for 500+ shots. It is also one of the only cameras that seems to really push exposure in RAW. Typically, if I use RPP64 I have to boost exposure a stop or two. With the NX-Mini RAWs they are almost perfect in RPP64 without any adjustments.
Used the body alone is typically about $100 and the 9mm is about $60. Quick comparison the combo is sharper than a RX100III at 24mm, esp on the sides/corners.
Shawn
The combo makes for a very small, carry anywhere wide angle setup.
A couple of shots to show how tiny it really is....
After holding it awhile it made the x100F feel chunky. The body with lens is about the width of the Fuji body.
The camera itself feels solid, not cheap feeling at all. 20.5 megapixel 1" sensor. Software is full featured and has all the controls one would want. The lens is tiny and to keep with the take anywhere nature of it was never built with a lens cap of any kind. The optical glass is covered with gorilla glass. I'm going to end up 3d printing a flexible cap for it though, just for added peace of mind.
The 9mm is about a 24mm FOV. I actually think it is a bit wider than that but after distortion correction it ends up about there. If you open the RAW files in something other than LR you can see the FOV it a little wider than what you get in LR where you can't turn off the correction. Lens is sharp and will also focus very close.
Even has a tilt screen for low angle (or selfie) shooting.
One of the really interesting design points was Samsung stuffed a massive battery into it. Its battery is on the right and a RX100III on the left.
Haven't used it enough to see what battery life is like but it was rated for 500+ shots. It is also one of the only cameras that seems to really push exposure in RAW. Typically, if I use RPP64 I have to boost exposure a stop or two. With the NX-Mini RAWs they are almost perfect in RPP64 without any adjustments.
Used the body alone is typically about $100 and the 9mm is about $60. Quick comparison the combo is sharper than a RX100III at 24mm, esp on the sides/corners.
Shawn
