Photorumors found that screenshot showing the Samsung NX lens roadmap for 2012! Two lenses will be announced within the first 6 months of 2012 and the other three by end of the year.
12-24mm f/4 ED iFn VCM (Voice Coil Motor)
24mm f/1.8 ED SSA iFn
55mm f/1.8 iFn pancake
80-400mm f/4-5.6 OIS SSA iFn
135mm f/2.0 OIS SSA iFn
Sounds Like a very intriguing roadmap. The 24mm and 55mm lenses are definitely on top of my wish-list!
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Samsung is quietly building the best mirrorless system. Those who only think High Iso performance without any care for the lens roadmap are just geeks who are toy lovers and not real photographers.
but as far as I’ve seen in a korean preview, the new camera has a very decent high-iso performance.
the lenses line-up from samsung is just great, they simply covered all the popular primes, pancakes and even macro and all with a decent fast aperture.
even the m4/3 that has 2 manufactures don’t have such a nice line-up. don’t get me wrong, they have very decent glasses, but panasonic and olympus make a lot of redundant lenses instead of optimizing the whole line up.
Wow… Now I really can’t wait to see what the NX20 will bring (or the NX1). With the NX system one will be able to have a classic trio (wide, normal and telephoto) of primes that are reasonably fast, and they’re all pancakes to boot! 30mm for normal, 55mm for telephoto, and a choice of 16mm or 20mm for wide angle.
As for the premium line of primes, I’m looking forward to seeing what the upcoming 85mm can do, not to mention that 135mm f/2.
The 80-400 is great. I hope it has the same good image quaility like the Sony 70-400 4-5,6 G SSM.
Maybe weather-sealed?
The line up of compact lenses is really good so far, and the NX100 has been selling for very low prices. That makes me think of buying 2 camera bodys with one fast prime on each, when the prices are right.
55mm f1.8 pancake is great !! I can’t wait to have it!
well so buy an amazing (and cheap) lens for m43, olympus 45mm F1.8, and be amazed like 99% people out there (the other 1% is wating for black version)
Samsung has a bigger sensor so comparison isn’t fair (I guess Oly would need to be f1.4 for the same light-gathering-ability) but you have a longer focal depth on Oly, so the depth of focus should be comparable with aperture wide open.
compared to Samsung it won’t be so:
1.heavy
2.expensive (premium lens, I assume 2 times the price of Oly)
3.big (read – B I G) to carry this very specific portrait lens
m43 has a logic, NX system, no matter how good lenses it have, is a POINTLESS for whoever has a logic – I buy myself DSLR kit.
Or If I want a big & good camera, Pany GH2 is my choice right now – I end up with “Samsung size” with (let me count) zillion times better video capabilities as a bonus – which are unmatched to this day, and excellent audio quality. Btw, the video samples from NX200 are horrible to say at best.
oh it’s a pancake and carry series, missed that. with a little humor, even pancacke will be bigger than Oly 😉
granted your m43 options are excellent… but also my $299 NX100 w/ a strangely good 20-50 kit is a desirable tool under 400gr. (0.7lb). It’s competitive up to ISO800 against most systems costing 2-3x more, particularly when i can also use my FF nikkor lenses on it. Not perfect, but so compelling at under $300 that i’m tempted to buy multiple NX100’s just to have them fixed w/ sundry prime lenses (NX and nikkor).
I have invested in the NX system because of the fabulous 30mm f2.0 lens. Seeing this intriguing lens lineup just confirms that I have made a very good choice.
I am very much looking forward to those new lenses.
I hope that the non-pancakes will be constructed as low-weight and small as possible.
Great work.
If Samsung can make 55mm F1.8 pancake for NX, than Panasonic surely can make 40 or 45mm pancake for m4/3. Good news.
You forgot…
nikon 50/1.8 G = $220
sone 50/1.8 e-mount = $300
so these 45~50mm/1.8 definitely aren’t as cheap as they used to but the IQ, especially for the Oly, is much higher than before. I mean, I avoid using my old canon 50/1.8 at max aperture unless I have to. Also, the oly equivalent to 90/1.8, so 85/1.8 is a more appropriate comparison and thats more expensive.
Anyway, the nx lens line up is lookin good right now.
I’m currently m43 and (lmited…) NEX 5 user and I really welcome Samsung’s efforts with their lens line up. Kind of ironic – Sony has the bodies but no lenses. Samsung got the lenses but no good bodies. And m43 with now great lenses still has “ok” bodies an no more. Very good opportunity for Samung I guess…please heat up the competition.
Well, I guess everyone agrees that a small 43 sensor is not an advantage over an apsc sensor. The great thing about the NX system is that they are small, still using APSC. Iam using the NX200 with a 20mm pancake and its awsome. The 20.3 mPixel Sensor is by far better than the previous 14.6 sensor in every aspect. They reached a quality level, unreachable with the smaller 43 sensors. And yes, sony has great bodies, but no apropriate lenses.
Low light capabilities are great.
The smaller the better. Which means I am highly anticipating the 55mm 1.8 pancake. I hope this is not only a rumour but will become a reality in the first half of this year!
55mm f 1.8 pancake
24mm f 1.8
thumbs up !!