Samsung 30mm f/2 NX Pancake Lens Review

Samsung 30mm f/2.0 NX Pancake Sample Photos

Sharpness is excellent in the centre, but the edges don't really improve until the lens is stopped down to f/5.6 or beyond | 1/400 sec | f/5.6 | 30.0 mm | ISO 100

Sharpness is excellent in the centre, but the edges don't really improve until the lens is stopped down to f/5.6 or beyond | 1/400 sec | f/5.6 | 30.0 mm | ISO 100
High-Res

Closest focus is 25cm | 1/100 sec | f/2.8 | 30.0 mm | ISO 200

Closest focus is 25cm | 1/100 sec | f/2.8 | 30.0 mm | ISO 200
High-Res

Virtually no distortion was detected during testing | 1/320 sec | f/6.3 | 30.0 mm | ISO 100

Virtually no distortion was detected during testing | 1/320 sec | f/6.3 | 30.0 mm | ISO 100
High-Res

Contrast is good and the lens seems quite resistant to flare | 1/500 sec | f/5.6 | 30.0 mm | ISO 100

Contrast is good and the lens seems quite resistant to flare | 1/500 sec | f/5.6 | 30.0 mm | ISO 100
High-Res

1/100 sec | f/5.6 | 30.0 mm | ISO 400

1/100 sec | f/5.6 | 30.0 mm | ISO 400
High-Res

1/100 sec | f/2.8 | 30.0 mm | ISO 200

1/100 sec | f/2.8 | 30.0 mm | ISO 200
High-Res

1/100 sec | f/2.8 | 30.0 mm | ISO 400

1/100 sec | f/2.8 | 30.0 mm | ISO 400
High-Res

1/640 sec | f/4.0 | 30.0 mm | ISO 100

1/640 sec | f/4.0 | 30.0 mm | ISO 100
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Value for Money

Samsung currently have a virtual monopoly on lenses for their NX system, as there are very few third party manufactures producing lenses for their cameras.

The price of around £230 seems very reasonable given that this lens has an unusually bright maximum aperture for a pancake lens.

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