sorry but it seems to me you're just focusing on the NX system and just trashed out the rest. noticed that from M4/3 and MLC you suddenly removed the M4/3 from your posts.. and suddenly all that's left is the NX. by the way, look at your posts and tell me how fair did you portray the other cameras to the NX system. "the lens will not be able to achieve the blur" is what you said. misinformation on the creation of background blur on NX vs NEX? furthermore, it's not about the blur. portraiture is not just about the blur. i believe, TS friend will have a better understanding of herself and what she wants and her needs, rather than telling TS that every camera is not good except one particular one. also, what TS' friend means by portraits could also mean casual snapshots and shots taken of a person anyhow. so don't assume that background blur is needed for everything. sometimes, we want the background in the picture as well.
because if you want to do portraiture seriously, go for a DSLR already. MLC is outta that league.
by the way, samsung can unveil all they want. after-all, like what you mentioned, they can also delay the launche ws just like you claim sony will. oh and.. i believe not only samsung released the lens roadmap. panasonic, olympus and sony all did the same... so your point about samsung being aggressive? of course they have to be. they're jumping onto the interchangeable lens camera bandwagon.
I had to as TS asked how does the sony nex compares to the samsung nx specifically.
And every quote i got from CSers here are directed to the Samsung Nx & Nex.
The nex is definitely a better camera body in terms of iso and dynamic range, but the current lenses are seriously lacking in terms of selection/IQ.
Sure you can use manual lenses but not many beginners will want to do that.
Sony's 2011 roadmap did not detail any of the upcoming lens specifications, let alone the release date. Let us be brutally honest here, we are in the month of may, and with whatever information that was released and from past records,
personally I could never be convinced that the nex lenses will be here by the end of 2011.
It is a scientific fact that the 18-55 will never be able to achieve the same amount of blurring or quality of bokeh to 30mm f/2 with similar framing. Is that a misinformation? i have stated the conditions. 18-55 @ 55mm f/5.6 vs 30mm f/2.
That's the condition needed to give maximum out of focus /blur on both lenses. There is no way the 18-55 f/3.5-f/5.6 can give the same shallow depth of field as the 30mm f/2 even if it is a sweeping comment on lenses when subjects are framed similary.
I did be crazy if i need to start a wall of text on Photography 101 to justify my recommendation and every sentiments made.
Am i wronged or misleading to be in the opinion that Samsung is better for portraits when u have the 30mm f2 which u can use now for half to 3/4 body portraits, the 60mm f/2.8 macro and 85 f/1.4 by the end of the year. 50 f/1.4, 135 f/2 with a possible 2012 release.
50mm f/1.4, 85 f/1.4, 135 f/2 have been helmed by photographers all over the way as the primes for portraits with different uses. It is just so that Samsung decided to focus on portrait lenses first. Samsung does not have any UWA except for the 16mm which is not really very wide.
60mm f/2.8 macro has also been used quite extensively in APS-C systems for beauty shots in replacement of 100mm macro lenses as they squeeze out a lot of facial and hair details.
