As I promised, so I shall try to deliver.

Hi there, Well after all the Hoo Haa, of the Samsung NX1, I am trying to get back on track with the Samsung NX30. I have been out and about these past few days, to try and show how good, or bad, the NX30 sensor is. Now when it is paired with the Samsung 18-50m.m kit lens, we all know that it is capable of brilliant results. This got me to thinking about how good the sensor would perform, when paired up with a lens that has excellent resolution properties. I am speaking in this instance of the Samsung Schneider-KREUZNACH D-XENON f2.8 100m.m MACRO lens. In the coming weeks, I

shall also be teaming the NX30 with the legendary Pentax FA f1.4 50m.m lens, but for the moment we are only concerned with the former lens. As a lot of you will know. here in the UK we have just passed the Full Moon stage of the lunar cycle. This particular full moon, was sort of special, not only because it was a Harvest Moon, but also because it happened to be a Super Moon, the last of this year. For those of you who do not know what a Super Moon is, it is the point of time in the orbit of our satellite, when it is at its closest to the Earth. It appears to us to be larger, and brighter, than its normal state. It also appears to be more orange, in colour. I took a few photos of this moon, with the 100m.m lens, and also with the 100m.m lens, and a TAKUMAR 2X T.C. added
First up is the image from the NX30 and the 100m.m lens on its own.

That is not a bad pic of the moon when clicked on and viewed full size. Remember, this is only a 100m.m macro lens, and not one of the huge telephoto lenses that are normally used for moon photos.
Below, is a 100% crop of the above image. All these moon pics are handheld, straight out of camera images.

Now one can see more detail in the image. I think the sensor/lens pairing did well, don't you

Well after I took a few of these, (there is no need to publish any more than one, with its accompnying 100% crop for these demonstration photos), I decided to add a 2X  TAKUMAR Tele Converter into the mix as well. As, adding any sort of EXTRA glass to the MACRO lens will tend to degrade the image slightly, these shots are just for fun, turning my 100m.m lens into a 200m.m lens. Below is the full image of this set up.

Well when you take into account the 2X T.C. added in order to get that image, I think the cameras sensor did an admirable job.

Above you an see the 100% crop. Now, as I told you above, adding any sort of extra glass to ANY lens, wil degrade the image to a certain degree. In saying that with just 1 minutes work in Paint Shop Pro doing a little post processing, and you come up with an acceptable image like below. As I said, this exercise was to test the abilities of the sensor/lens combination, so the addition of the TAKUMAR T.C. was purely for fun.

In the coming days/weeks I shall be testing this lens/camera cobo out more carefully. With true macro shots both with, and without the TAKUMAR T.C. Keep an eye out for it here. 

Until then, take care and have fun with your cameras. 

Regards to you all, Twm.