Nothing to judge, so no winners - looks like this ones dead now then :sigh:

States on Samsungs website they will be sticking with an APS-C imaging sensor, so that rules out 4/3rds - wouldn't make sense to ditch their own sensor for a competitors!? That's for the NX, they might be making something different for the GX30 or a GX7 maybe?

link to press release

No problems Pete, I'll be sticking it in the Classifieds section as soon as the 50-150 has sold (and a suitable replacement has arrived from SRS for the 17-70), and I'll put first refusal on it for you.

Cheers, Brian.

If you take a look at dxomark comparing the GX20, K20D and K10D - the GX20 comes out on-top getting a slightly higher mark on Dynamic Range, Low Light ISO, and Colour depth - despite having near identical hardware..

Maybe Samsung know just how to get the best out of their own sensor!

I myself came from a K10D to a GX20 and the difference is vast! Most of my shots from the past 6 months are taken with the GX20 if your curious to image quality.

Brian.

Oh well, no takers?

Anyone have anything to trade? looking for a Pentax 16-50mm to replace my Sigma 17-70mm which will be up for grabs once the 50-150mm has gone.

I have listed the 50-150mm on ebay but can always take it off if someone is interested (save on the final value fees!).

Brian.

Sorry for being a day late with this, our cat had its kittens and have been busy with them (may post some pics later). But back onto topic, here we have the next RAW for the challenge.

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This is a shot taken on a walk home from work one afternoon with a Samsung GX20 and Sigma 17-70mm lens.

1. You can edit this as much as you see fit - no holds barred, and post an 800x600 max resolution jpg into this thread.

2. You can composite other images of your choosing to enhance the shot if you think its necessary.

3. Entries must be in by Sunday 14th June - so there's two weekends to have a go this time around. I will judge entries after the closing date and I will try and give good valid reasons for my choices. The winner will need to setup the next challenge in a new thread.

I'm thinking maybe we should set this to be a fortnightly challenge/competition - as, like RR said, its something to do when the weather eventually turns bad (only a matter of time in this country!). So I will set this going tomorrow evening and let it run for just under two weeks giving people two weekends to have a go. Plus, I'll try and get something interesting for everyone to have a stab at... maybe a macro shot?

I've remembered to enter this time round!

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Wow, wasn't expecting so many replies so soon!

At the 150mm end its tack sharp by f/4 and f/2.8 is great from 50-135mm. I have used this with a 1.7x Promaster Teleconverter which works well and retains the HSM autofocus. The manual focus override is full-time (similar to pentax quick-shift).

After much deliberation, I have decided to rejig my lenses again - so for sale is my Sigma 50-150mm lens in excellent condition with only a few scuffs on a small area of the zoom ring (have tried to show this in one of the pictures).

Lens has taken great pictures since I have had it (around 9-10 months) but after looking through my focal length chart I made from EXIF data, its just not getting the use it deserves with me spending most of my time in wide angle land.
















Unfortunately, I can't find the box for it! But it comes with a black Sigma EX padded case with strap, lens hood and user manual thingy + a 67mm Hoya UV filter which has been on it its entire life.

SOLD

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