Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced five innovative new lenses for its NX camera system. The new lenses bring more premium innovation to the range, featuring class-leading technology such as a premium portrait lens and lenses for movie capturing, opening new creative avenues for NX users to explore.
All of the lenses are compatible with Samsung’s unique i-Function system, which helps users create powerful effects easily through quick and convenient controls. The new launches, along with the five lenses released in 2010, mean that there are now 10 high-performance lenses available for the NX system. This makes the NX range one of the most comprehensive ranges available in the Compact System Camera (CSC) market. Samsung’s new lenses have been created to allow users to maximise the potential of their NX system cameras, achieve professional-looking results and enjoy taking photos whatever their level of photography experience.
Stephen Mitchell, General Manager, Samsung UK Digital Imaging commented: “At Samsung we are committed to ensuring that we remain at the cutting edge of imaging technology, and these five new lenses are testament to that ambition and the growing strength of compact system camera photography. These are products that a professional photographer would be proud to use, but we make them so easy to use that a novice could get amazing results every time, and that is a credit to our strong R&D team. We are continuing to innovate in this exciting market and we have more significant developments planned for the future, which will add to our growing strength in the compact system camera market.”
The new lens range includes Samsung’s 18 - 200mm multi-purpose long zoom Lens. This model features modes which are optimised for creating high-quality movie content with a single lens. The new long zoom lens also has a fast, silent Auto-Focus due to Samsung’s use of Voice Coil Motor (VCM) technology, so you can video important events without recording the sound of the camera’s AF. The lens also features Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS) to cancel out any hand movement and deliver crisp, clear images, even when your subject is far away.
Samsung has also launched a light, compact 16mm F2.4 Ultra Wide Pancake Lens. The bright aperture of this lens helps to capture wider images even in low light, and deliver a shallow depth of field. The new lens’ compact size and sleek design make it the perfect companion to the stylish NX camera range, and its ultra wide angle is ideal for taking landscape shots and deep perspective pictures.
For the ultimate in super fast and silent Auto Focus, Samsung’s new 60mm Macro Lens features a Super Sonic Actuator (SSA) to deliver a fast, quiet Auto-Focus and also has Optical Image Stabilisation you never have to miss the timing of that perfect close up shot. For more advanced photographers, the lens allows you to then manually fine-tune focusing using the Full-Time Manual Focus.
The Premium Portrait Lens also launched today is the ultra bright 85mm F1.4 CSC lens, designed for professional photographers. This lens also includes the SSA to provide a fast and silent Auto-Focus. Like Samsung’s 60mm Macro Lens, the 85mm Premium Portrait Lens also includes the Full Time Manual Focus, giving advanced photographer’s greater control over their preferred settings. The bright F1.4 lens offers the ideal solution for capturing perfect and professional looking portrait pictures of friends or loved ones.
Samsung’s 16 - 80mm Advanced Standard Zoom Lens is optimised for taking great movies and still shots. Like the 18 - 200mm long zoom lens, it has a fast, silent Auto-Focus and Optical Image Stabilisation. To make capturing great footage easy in any situation, the lens includes VCM modes ranging from landscape to portrait.
| | Samsung
18 - 200mm
F3.5 - 6.3 ED OIS | Samsung
16mm F2.4 | Samsung
60mm
F2.8 Macro ED
OIS SSA | Samsung
85mm
F1.4 ED SSA
| Samsung
16 - 80mm
F3.5 - 4.5 OIS
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Focal
Length
| f=18 - 200mm
| f = 16mm
| f = 60mm
| f = 85mm
| f = 16 - 80mm
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Angle of View
| 75.9° - 8.0° | 82.6°
| 26.4°
| 18.8°
| 82.6 - 19.9°
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Aperture
| F3.5 - 6.3
(Min. F22) | F2.4
(Min. F22)
| F2.8
(Min. F22)
| F1.4
(Min. F22)
| F3.5 - 4.5
(Min. F22)
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OIS
| O | X | O | X
| O |
Availability
| May | July | August | October
| December |
