Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF)
Wideangle Prime lens with APS-C / DX max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with Samsung NX mount cameras.
What type of photography is the Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
| Photography Type |
Suitability |
| Bird/Wildlife | Poor |
| Sports | Poor |
| Portrait | Fair |
| Travel | Average |
| Street | Excellent |
| Wedding | Fair |
| Walk Around | Average |
| Vlogging | Very Good |
| Landscape | Good |
| Macro | Poor |
Reasons to Buy Samsung NX 16mm F2.4 Pancake Lens
Here, we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Samsung NX 16mm F2.4 Pancake lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
| Autofocus |
| Full-time Manual Focusing |
| Minimum focus distance of 0.18m / 7.1 inch |
| Light weight at only 90g / 3.2 oz |
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| No Weather Sealing |
| Hood is not supplied |
Lens Mount
Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake is compatible with cameras that have Samsung NX lens mount. Some of the latest released cameras that are compatible with the Samsung NX lenses are Samsung NX1, Samsung NX3000 and Samsung NX30.
Size, Weight and Filter Thread
Size and weight is a very important decision factor when searching for your next lens. Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake has a maximum diameter of 61mm and total length of 24mm. It weighs 90g / 3.2 oz.
Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake has a filter thread of 43mm.
Focal Range
Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake has a fixed focal length of 16mm which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 24mm when used on a APS-C / DX format camera.
Optical Image Stabilization
Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake doesn't have an optical image stabilization system so the only option to stabilize the image taken with this lens is to mount on a camera body with IBIS (sensor based In-body image stabilization).
Maximum Magnification Ratio
Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.12x and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.18m. 0.12x means that the max magnification ratio is very low and not suitable even for modest close-up shots.
Aperture
Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake has a max aperture of F2.4 and a minimum aperture of F22.0.
Optical Formula
Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake's optical formula consists of 7 elements in 6 groups . Special elements used in this design is 2 aspheric elements.
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Body Colour
Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake is available in Black color.
Popular Comparisons of Samsung 16mm F2.4 Pancake
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