How to use your L39 (rangefinder) mount lens on a Samsung NX camera body? | MountConverter.com

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Samsung NX body + L39 lens

COMPATIBLE MF MA

Conversion is entirely possible.

The L39 is an RF system with a small flange focal depth, but has enough difference (3.3 mm) to couple it to an NX with a flat adapter ring.

Find your adapter here:

Keep in mind that using a fullframe L39 lens will get you a crop factor of 1.6*, because of the APS-C sensor of the NX body, you'll get a pretty high focal length multiplier (you'll get a smaller image frame). Find out more about focal length in this article if you're interested.

Although the Samsung company hasn't announced it officially yet, there were no new bodies or lenses released for the NX system since February 2015. The company also withdrew it from its major markets. This makes the future of the NX unclear, and since there were no newer series released, the system is becoming increasingly rare. Find out more in the wiki. You can read more about the NX receptacle in this article.

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Terminology

In terms of compatibility, we distinguish four separate categories:

COMPATIBLE

PARTIALLY COMPATIBLE

COMPATIBLE IN THEORY

NOT COMPATIBLE

This means that you'll be able to apply the lens on the camera in question with a proper adapter, and full focus range will be available with it (often with aperture control too). If AF is supported, you'll see it in the description.

This means that due to the flange focal depth or other factor this conversion would be normally unfeasible, but with some compromises (e.g. using a speedbooster adapter) can be made possible.

This means that the flange focal depth should make mounting and using inifinty focus possible, but for some reason there are no adapter rings available or other factors make it unviable.

This means that you won't be able to mount your lens due to mechanical incompatibility or the difference in flange focal depth doesn't make inifinity focus possible. Although numerous lenses can be mounted on cameras without infinity focus, but this cannot be considered actual compatibility.

Additional information for compatible variations:

MF

AF

MA

AA

SB

MAC

TS

manual focus (on the lens, with its own control ring)

autofocus available (AF controlled by the camera body)

manual aperture control (on the lens, with its own control ring)

automatic aperture control (controlled by the camera body)

speedbooster (focal reducer) adapters are available

macro (variable length) adapters are available

tilt-shift (or other flexible) adapters can be used

If you'd like to read more in-depth about compatiblity, you'll need to get familiar with flange focal depth, see this article.