Until the NX300, Samsung didn't apply any compression to the native SRW raw files which resulted in 20 megapixel images being saved to a file size of approx. 40Mb. The NX300 and alter Samsungs apply a degree of lossless compression to reduce file sizes.
An NX300 raw file can be read natively...
I don't use jpegs so I can't make any comment from first hand experience, but I have heard others talk about excessive noise reduction in jpegs from Samsung NX cameras.
I have an Canon FD to NX adapter that came with my (second hand) NX200. Can't remember what brand it is but I think that it's a cheapy. I checked it for fit, checked it for burrs, and checked it for loose screws. It's all good so I'm happy with it; just need to use it more often.
No touchscreen on the 3000 which is a big omission compared to the 300, but the 16-50mm would be my preference out of the two lenses (better range, OIS, newer design). I think that the 3000 also has a tilt screen but with a simpler hinge mechanism.
On the old NX300 the touchscreen AF settings csn be toggled by a soft button on the left hand side of the screen, directly under the soft button to start a wifi connection. Does the NX1 have this button?
I might want to upgrade my NX300 to one of these in a year or two. Hopefully the new sensor has similar colours and character as the old 20mp, which to date gives my favourite output of any brand or camera, regardless of sensor size. Similar to a Sony? No way!
I've still got a few thousand frames to put through my NX300 yet but the NX500 looks like it has some noteworthy features as a potential replacement. The new AMOLED screen will hopefully be at least as visible in bright light as my current Olympus ones are, the addition of a second control dial...
Hello and thank you! I hope that you like your new camera and are inspired to take some great images with it.
I think that I have my NX300 set up fairly simply. I use Aperture Priority (A) mode just about 100% of the time and just use the raw files to process in Lightroom but if you want to...
One advantage I did find in shooting with a camera system that had two different sensor formats was that sometimes the focal length range of the lenses designed for a 36x24 sensor could work in favour of an APS-C sensor. Probably the best example is the 70-200mm zoom lenses. I find 200mm to be a...
I should first temper any enthusiasm I have for a Samsung f4 zoom by acknowledging that the rumours for this lens have been around for a long time now. If it does come to pass, I think that it bodes well that Sony/Zeiss have been able to design a similar lens that is quite compact because...
I would use the Sony Vario-Tessar T* E 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Lens as a yardstick for an APS-C ILC. It weighs 308g with a 55mm filter thread diameter. There is also the Sony E PZ 18-105mm f/4 G OSS Lens which weights 427g with a 72mm filter thread diameter.
That reminds me of the first thought that ran through my head after I processed my first batch of NX300 images I took through Lightroom: "Oh my God, did I just buy a Sony NEX!!!" :biggrin:
I discovered that the reasons for this were twofold. Firstly, I was simply applying the preset that I...
Good to hear about the low light AF improvements resulting from the firmware update. I have heard this from a number of other sources as well.
The unanswered question that I still have about the NX1 is whether the images and especially the colours are still reminiscent of the 20mp sensor?
I think that IR's camparometer suffers from shooting a three dimensional scene as opposed to two dimensional. DPReview also had the same issue until they "flattened" their studio scene. For example, these screenshots below are from an ISO 100 comparison between the NX1 and the NX3000 and...
It's also possible to download the raw files from the IR review if you click on any of the images and insert ".SRW" into the url, although I'm not sure what programs can currently open them.
i.e. change ...YSAM_0665.HTM to ...YSAM_0665.SRW.HTM
Digital Cameras, Samsung NX1 Digital Camera...
Refreshing to see a reviewer actually note having too shallow a depth-of-field as a problem, which can occur even here with an f/2.8 zoom lens on an APS-C sensor. For example, this following (ISO 1600) image has a very narrow depth-of-field which makes it obvious that the image is back focused...
These were the two high ISO images that were removed from the article:
ISO 6400 Digital Cameras, Samsung NX1 Digital Camera Test Image
ISO 25600 Digital Cameras, Samsung NX1 Digital Camera Test Image
I was wondering if an unsupported lens meant a black screen affair. Fujifim is the first company I have heard of to require body updates for each new lens so they must have different body/lens firmware protocols compared to the other systems.
I don't think that there will be any real issues with the resolving power of the smaller and cheaper Samsung primes on the NX1, given how well they fare on the existing 20mp sensor.
The 20mm f2.8 is the least highly regarded of them
SNX300-10050441-PR Samsung NX300 Melbourne Australia by Nic...
I've never actually registered my contact details through a camera manufacturer before so I have no idea which ones offer firmware update notifications or not. It makes sense for Fujifilm to do so when their camera/lens communication profile requires a body to have it's firmware updated to make...
If you're adjusting for aperture equivalence then you also need to consider focal length equivalence, in which case the EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM is the closest full frame lens offered by Canon at a trifling ~$6900.
Canon U.S.A., Inc. | EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM
The Samsung has a drop-in rear...
I've been waiting to see this camera in the flesh for a while now, but unfortunately it looks like they may have $@#&ed up the screen articulation compared to the NX20 and NX30 before it. On a big DSLR styled camera the tilt-only screens are a bit half-hearted.
I don't know if we have any currently active members with an NX30. Samsung isn't currently at the head of the mirrorless pack for continuous shooting ability but it has improved over time. As far as I am aware the buffer on the NX30 was improved over the earlier NX20, which in turn should have...
While Samsung has the technically more impressive lens in the 16-50mm f2-2.8, I would find a lens like the Sony 16-70mm f4 to be a more interesting proposition. There was a rumour a couple of years ago but obviously nothing has come of it as yet.
The following link describes where the default locations of various Lightroom user files are:
http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/preference-file-locations-lightroom-4.html
This is what I use as a starting point in Lightroom (v4.4 in my case) for the NX300. Hopefully I've created the Google Drive link correctly.
Samsung NX300.lrtemplate
Yes, mine is the 2D version of the 45mm, not the 3D. The following is a link to a mini-review that I did of my lens.
Samsung - The other 45mm f1.8 lens
Thanks Tony. My impression of the NX 45mm f1.8 is that it is sharper than the Olympus 45mm f1.8, although that isn't because the Oly is not sharp but because the Sammy is quite possibly the sharpest lens I have ever owned. For portraits it can actually be too sharp. The NX300 (and to a slightly...
I think that the idea of using the Android operating system still has merits, as long as it is built into the camera rather than the camera being built around it i.e Galaxy NX.
The existing range of Samsung primes presents an interesting case since bang-for-buck there is nothing close to the...
It's usable and well sized (3.3") but surprisingly (especially given how many screens that Samsung must manufacture and sell) it isn't as clear in bright sunlight as the OLED screens found in recent Olympus cameras.
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