Samsung 30mm F2 Pancake is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF)
Standard Prime lens with APS-C / DX max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with
NX Mount cameras.
What type of photography is the Samsung 30mm F2 Pancake lens good for?
The type of photography that you are planning to use the Samsung 30mm F2 Pancake is an important decision factor. Here we have evaluated its suitability to various photography scenarios:
| Photography Type |
Suitability |
| Bird/Wildlife | Fair |
| Sports | Average |
| Portrait | Excellent |
| Travel | Good |
| Street | Very Good |
| Wedding | Excellent |
| Walk Around | Good |
| Vlogging | Good |
| Landscape | Good |
| Macro | Poor |
Reasons to Buy Samsung NX 30mm F2 Pancake Lens
Here we've included a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the Samsung NX 30mm F2 Pancake lens in a list form to help you determine whether it offers the features you need.
| Autofocus |
| Full-time Manual Focusing |
| Fast Aperture |
| Minimum focus distance of 0.25m / 9.8 inch |
| Light weight at only 85g / 3.0 oz |
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Lens Mount
Samsung 30mm F2 Pancake is compatible with cameras that have a 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 30mm F2 Pancake has a maximum diameter of 62mm and total length of 22mm. It weighs 85g / 3.0 oz.
Samsung 30mm F2 Pancake has a filter thread of 43mm. Below are links to the filters that we recommend you to consider for your Samsung 30mm F2 Pancake:
Focal Range
Samsung 30mm F2 Pancake has a fixed focal length of 30mm which has a 35mm equivalent focal range of 45mm when used on a APS-C / DX format camera.
Optical Image Stabilization
Samsung 30mm F2 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 30mm F2 Pancake has a Max Magnification Ratio of 0.16x and has a minimum focusing distance of 0.25m. 0.16x means that the max magnification ratio is very low and not suitable even for modest close-up shots.
Aperture
Samsung 30mm F2 Pancake has a max aperture of F2.0 and a minimum aperture of F22.0.
Optical Formula
Samsung 30mm F2 Pancake's optical formula consists of 5 elements in 5 groups . Special elements used in this design is 1 Aspherical element.
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Body Colour
Samsung 30mm F2 Pancake is available in Black color.
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