Samsung NX mount
Encyclopedia
The Samsung NX-mount is the lens mount
used on NX series mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras
by Samsung
. The mount was first implemented in the Samsung NX10
, and Samsung initially referred to the NX line as 'hybrid digital cameras', citing their combination of attributes of both DSLR and compact cameras.
The mount is designed for APS-C
image sensors
, and therefore has a 1.5x crop factor
. Optical image stabilization is featured on some of the lenses, indicated by an "OIS" marking. Automatic focusing on NX lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens.
Samsung NX lenses (with some early exceptions) include i-Function (iFn), which allows control of various camera settings via a ring and button on the lens. NX5 and NX10 cameras support iFn since firmware 1.10 and 1.20 respectively, while all subsequent models support iFn natively.
Samyang lenses for NX-mount include:
VCM
(Movie Home) in December 2011.
Three manual focus lenses were announced by Samyang Optics
in June, 2010, 8mm 3.5 Fisheye; 14mm 2.8
and the 85mm 1.4
. At Photokina 2010 event (September 2010), Samyang Optics announced the new 35mm 1.4 available for NX-mount.
, Canon FD lens mount, Minolta SR mount, Minolta AF
, Sony A-mount, Leica R bayonet
, Pentax K-mount, Olympus OM system
, M42 lens mount
, and T2 mount. Various adapters are also available from Kiwifotos.
Lens mount
A lens mount is an interface — mechanical and often also electrical — between a photographic camera body and a lens. It is confined to cameras where the body allows interchangeable lenses, most usually the single lens reflex type or any movie camera of 16 mm or higher gauge...
used on NX series mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras
Mirrorless interchangeable lens camera
A mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera is an emerging class of digital system cameras, intermediate between compact digital cameras and digital single-lens reflex cameras . They are characterized by a no-mirror design and an interchangeable lens mount...
by Samsung
Samsung
The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...
. The mount was first implemented in the Samsung NX10
Samsung NX10
The Samsung NX10 is a 14.0 effective megapixel APS-C crop CMOS mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera made by Samsung. It was announced on January 4, 2010...
, and Samsung initially referred to the NX line as 'hybrid digital cameras', citing their combination of attributes of both DSLR and compact cameras.
The mount is designed for APS-C
APS-C
Advanced Photo System type-C is an image sensor format approximately equivalent in size to the Advanced Photo System "classic" size negatives...
image sensors
Image sensor
An image sensor is a device that converts an optical image into an electronic signal. It is used mostly in digital cameras and other imaging devices...
, and therefore has a 1.5x crop factor
Crop factor
In digital photography, a crop factor is related to the ratio of the dimensions of a camera's imaging area compared to a reference format; most often, this term is applied to digital cameras, relative to 35 mm film format as a reference. In the case of digital cameras, the imaging device would be a...
. Optical image stabilization is featured on some of the lenses, indicated by an "OIS" marking. Automatic focusing on NX lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens.
Samsung NX lenses (with some early exceptions) include i-Function (iFn), which allows control of various camera settings via a ring and button on the lens. NX5 and NX10 cameras support iFn since firmware 1.10 and 1.20 respectively, while all subsequent models support iFn natively.
NX lenses
Samsung NX lenses are listed in the following table, in order of focal length.| Focal length Focal length The focal length of an optical system is a measure of how strongly the system converges or diverges light. For an optical system in air, it is the distance over which initially collimated rays are brought to a focus... |
35mm EFL | Aperture range Aperture In optics, an aperture is a hole or an opening through which light travels. More specifically, the aperture of an optical system is the opening that determines the cone angle of a bundle of rays that come to a focus in the image plane. The aperture determines how collimated the admitted rays are,... |
Mark Mark (designation) The word Mark, followed by number, is a method of specifically designating a standardized, integrated, assumed to be functional and unique version of a mechanical and/or electrical hardware product that has completed the design process and has been approved to be put into final production, as well... |
Macro Macro photography Macrophotography is close-up photography, usually of very small subjects. Classically a macrophotograph is one in which the size of the subject on the negative is greater than life size. However in modern use it refers to a finished photograph of a subject at greater than life size... |
VCM Voice coil A voice coil is the coil of wire attached to the apex of a loudspeaker cone. It provides the motive force to the cone by the reaction of a magnetic field to the current passing through it... |
SSA | OIS Image stabilization Image stabilization is a family of techniques used to reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera during exposure. Specifically, it compensates for pan and tilt of a camera or other imaging device. It is used in image-stabilized binoculars, still and video cameras, and astronomical... |
pancake Pancake lens A pancake lens is colloquial term for a flat, thin lens , generally a normal or slightly wide prime lens for a camera. There are pancake lenses for two kinds of cameras: Compact System Camera and single-lens reflex .- Motivation :... |
iFn | Series |
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| 16mm | 24mm | 2.4 | Carry | |||||||
| 18-55mm | 28-84mm | 3.5–5.6 | Optima | |||||||
| II | Optima | |||||||||
| 18-200mm | 28-306mm | 3.5–6.3 | Omnia | |||||||
| 20mm | 31mm | 2.8 | Carry | |||||||
| 20-50mm | 31-77mm | 3.5-5.6 | Carry | |||||||
| 30mm | 46mm | 2 | Carry | |||||||
| 50-200mm | 77-306mm | 4–5.6 | Optima | |||||||
| II | Optima | |||||||||
| 60mm | 92mm | 2.8 | Optima | |||||||
| 85mm | 130mm | 1.4 | Premium |
Samyang lenses for NX-mount include:
- MF 8mm 3.5 FisheyeFisheye lensIn photography, a fisheye lens is a wide-angle lens that takes in a broad, panoramic and hemispherical image. Originally developed for use in meteorology to study cloud formation and called "whole-sky lenses", fisheye lenses quickly became popular in general photography for their unique, distorted...
(35mm EFL = 12mm) - MF 14mm 2.8 (35mm EFL = 21mm)
- MF 35mm 1.4 (35mm EFL = 54mm)
- MF 85mm 1.4 ((35mm EFL = 130mm)
30mm 2
20-50mm 3.5-5.6 ED
18-55mm 3.5-5.6 OIS
Lenses Roadmap
Samsung announced plans to launch a 16-80mm 3.5-4.5 OISImage stabilization
Image stabilization is a family of techniques used to reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera during exposure. Specifically, it compensates for pan and tilt of a camera or other imaging device. It is used in image-stabilized binoculars, still and video cameras, and astronomical...
VCM
Voice coil
A voice coil is the coil of wire attached to the apex of a loudspeaker cone. It provides the motive force to the cone by the reaction of a magnetic field to the current passing through it...
(Movie Home) in December 2011.
Three manual focus lenses were announced by Samyang Optics
Samyang Optics
Samyang Optics Company Limited is a Korean company founded in 1972, manufacturing optical equipment, CCTV and photographic accessories. All Samyang lenses are produced in the company's plant in Masan, South Korea...
in June, 2010, 8mm 3.5 Fisheye; 14mm 2.8
Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC Aspherical
The Samyang 14mm 2.8 IF ED UMC Aspherical is Samyang's ultra wide angle prime lens for the 35 mm film format.-Description:The Samyang 14mm is sold for many different SLR lens mounts and thus its dimensions vary accordingly. Lens mounts with shorter flange focal distances are longer and heavier. As...
and the 85mm 1.4
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF Aspherical
The Samyang 85mm 1.4 IF Aspherical is Samyang's 35mm format moderate telephoto prime lens for portraiture.- Introduction :The Samyang 85mm supports most SLR mounts and thus its dimensions vary accordingly. As a manual focus only lens, it does not support auto focus...
. At Photokina 2010 event (September 2010), Samyang Optics announced the new 35mm 1.4 available for NX-mount.
Compatible cameras
- Samsung NX10Samsung NX10The Samsung NX10 is a 14.0 effective megapixel APS-C crop CMOS mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera made by Samsung. It was announced on January 4, 2010...
(released January 2010, worldwide) - Samsung NX5 (released June 2010, for UK, Germany and South Korea market only)
- Samsung NX100Samsung NX100The Samsung NX100 is a 14.0 effective megapixel APS-C crop CMOS mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera made by Samsung. It was announced on September 14, 2010.-Changes from NX10:* No built-in EVF or built-in flash...
(released September 2010, worldwide) - Samsung NX11 (released December 2010, worldwide)
- Samsung NX200Samsung NX200The Samsung NX200 is a 20.3 effective megapixel APS-C crop CMOS mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera made by Samsung. It was announced on September 1, 2011.-Changes from NX100:* Higher resolution movies. 1080p @ 30fps vs 720p @ 30fps...
(released September 2011, worldwide)
Adaptation to non-NX lenses
An adapter for the K-mount lenses has been announced (ED-MA9NXK) by Samsung, and various adapters are produced by Novoflex to adapt lenses made for Nikon F-mountNikon F-mount
The Nikon F-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its 35 mm SLR cameras. The F-mount was first introduced on the Nikon F camera in 1959, and features a three lug bayonet mount with a 44 mm throat and a flange to focal plane distance of 46.5 mm...
, Canon FD lens mount, Minolta SR mount, Minolta AF
Minolta AF
The Minolta Alpha camera system was a collection of photographic equipment from Minolta. The system used a lens mount called A-mount, with a flange focal distance 44.50 mm. The new mount was larger than the older SR-mount making old manual lenses incompatible with the new system...
, Sony A-mount, Leica R bayonet
Leica R bayonet
The Leica R bayonet lens mount is the standard method of connecting a lens to the Leica R series of 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. The mount is descended from those used for the Leicaflex, Leicaflex SL and Leicaflex SL2 SLR cameras, but differs in the cams used to communicate lens aperture...
, Pentax K-mount, Olympus OM system
Olympus OM system
The Olympus OM System was a line of 35mm single-lens reflex cameras, lenses and accessories sold by Olympus between 1972 and 2002 ....
, M42 lens mount
M42 lens mount
The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread of 42 mm diameter and 1 mm thread pitch...
, and T2 mount. Various adapters are also available from Kiwifotos.
Compared with other mounts
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| Pentax Pentax is a brand name used by Hoya Corporation for its medical-related products & services and Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company for cameras, sport optics , etc. Hoya purchased and merged with the Japanese optics company on March 31, 2008. Hoya's Pentax imaging business was sold to Ricoh Company, Ltd... KAF2-mount |
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| Panasonic Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd... /Olympus Olympus Corporation is a Japan-based manufacturer of optics and reprography products. Olympus was established on 12 October 1919, initially specializing in microscope and thermometer businesses. Its global headquarters are in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, while its USA operations are based in Center Valley, Pennsylvania,... μ4/3 Micro Four Thirds system The Micro Four Thirds system is a standard created by Olympus and Panasonic, and announced on August 5, 2008, for mirrorless interchangeable lens digital cameras and camcorders design and development... |
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| Sony , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues.... E-mount |
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| Leica M mount The Leica M mount is a camera lens mount introduced in 1954 with the Leica M3, and a range of lenses. It has been on all the Leica M series up to the current film Leica M7 and digital Leica M9.... |
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