The Samsung NX-mount is the

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used on NX series

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. The mount was first implemented in the

Samsung NX10 The Samsung NX10 is a 14.0 effective megapixel APS-C crop CMOS mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera made by Samsung. It was announced on January 4, 2010 and is one of the first mirrorless cameras with an APS-C sized sensor. Samsung NX ...

, and Samsung initially referred to the NX line as 'hybrid digital cameras', citing their combination of attributes of both DSLR and compact cameras. The mount is designed for

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is featured on some of the lenses, indicated by an "OIS" marking. Automatic focusing on NX lenses is handled by a dedicated electric motor built into the lens. Samsung NX lenses (with some early exceptions) include i-Function (iFn), which allows control of various camera settings via a ring and button on the lens. NX5 and NX10 cameras support iFn since firmware 1.10 and 1.20 respectively, while all subsequent models support iFn natively.

NX lenses

Samsung NX lenses are listed in the following sortable table. ;Table Notes

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(Bower, Rokinon, Walimex) lenses for NX-mount include: * MF 8mm 2.8 Fisheye ( 35mm EFL = 12mm) * MF 8mm 3.5 Fisheye ( 35mm EFL = 12mm) * MF 8mm T3.8 Fisheye ( 35mm EFL = 12mm) * MF 10mm 2.8 ( 35mm EFL = 15mm) * MF 12mm 2.0 ( 35mm EFL = 18mm) * MF 14mm 2.8 ( 35mm EFL = 21mm) * MF 14mm T3.1 ( 35mm EFL = 21mm) * MF 24mm 1.4 ( 35mm EFL = 38mm) * MF 24mm T1.5 ( 35mm EFL = 38mm) * MF 35mm 1.4 ( 35mm EFL = 54mm) * MF 85mm 1.4 ( 35mm EFL = 130mm)

Lenses roadmap

Samsung announced plans to launch a 16-80mm 3.5-4.5 OIS VCM (Movie Home) in December 2011. Three manual focus lenses were announced by

in June, 2010, 8mm 3.5 Fisheye; 14mm 2.8 and the 85mm 1.4. At

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event (September 2010), Samyang Optics announced the new 35mm 1.4 available for NX-mount. Lensbaby announced the availability of its Composer Pro for NX mount with different optics.

Adaptation to non-NX lenses

An adapter for the K-mount lenses has been announced (ED-MA9NXK) by Samsung, and various adapters are produced by Novoflex to adapt lenses made for

Nikon F-mount The Nikon F-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its 35mm format single-lens reflex cameras. The F-mount was first introduced on the Nikon F camera in 1959, and features a three-lug bayonet mount with a 44mm thro ...

Canon FD lens mount The Canon FD lens mount is a physical standard for connecting a photographic lens to a 35mm single-lens reflex camera body. The standard was developed by Canon of Japan and was introduced in March 1971 with the Canon F-1 camera. It served as the ...

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Sony A-mount , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

Leica R bayonet The Leica R bayonet mount is a camera lens mount system introduced by Leitz in 1964. The R mount is the standard method of connecting a lens to the Leica R series of 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras. The mount is descended from those used for the ...

Pentax K-mount The Pentax K-mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK-mount", is a bayonet lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has since been u ...

Olympus OM system The Olympus OM System was a line of 35mm single-lens reflex cameras, lenses and accessories sold by Olympus between 1972 and 2002. The system was introduced by Olympus in 1972. The range was designed by Yoshihisa Maitani, chief designer for Olymp ...

M42 lens mount The M42 lens mount is a screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models. It is more accurately known as the M42 × 1 mm standard, which means that it is a metric screw thread of ...

, and T2 mount. Various adapters are also available from Kiwifotos.Kiwifotos - Product - Others
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adapter was more difficult, but in 2017 a crowdsourced NX-L appeared.

Compared with other mounts

References

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NX lenses

Lenses roadmap

Adaptation to non-NX lenses

Compared with other mounts

See also

References