That’ll do series: Took the orphan mount out for a spin – Samsung NX300

As mentioned in my recent KEH blog post I am not big on brand allegiances. Brand popularity means little if it does not meet the need. Abandoned mounts are ok with me as long as they have something to offer. To that point after trying many small profile pocket-ish size cameras my favorite small camera solution is still the Samsung NX300w/ the far better than it has any business being NX 30mm f/2 pancake. Once sold this camera when Samsung abandoned the camera business (Tried to keep the faith until it became abundantly clear that Samsung had left the building.). Although hanging on to the high-end gear in the line did not make long term sense, selling the NX300 never sat well with me. It was so good that it led me to buying into Samsung.

Then I went on a years-long bender trying to find a…