Samsung NX roundup (very interesting)!
We have some news about the Samsung NX-10 that is also interesting for MicroFourThirds users.
Amateur Photographer had a small talk with vice president of Samsung Techwin Byung Woo Lee and he said “that Samsung has moved into this new category as it realises that there is no chance of successfully competing against the developed DSLR ranges held by Nikon and Canon. Kim told us ‘We will create a new category that we can dominate’. Interestingly SS Park, BJ Kim’s replacement, told AP today that Samsung does not see the NX series as a competitor to the Micro Four Thirds products of Panasonic and Olympus, but that Samsung’s models will broaden the mirror-less micro camera choice. When asked how the NX range would develop Park said that the company obviously intends to produce more bodies in different forms and of different sensor resolutions, and that some models would appeal to professional users. With this in mind it is obvious that Samsung will have no need of GX DSLRs. Alongside the technology products that Samsung Electric has on show here the idea of an optical viewfinder seems rather old fashioned and inflexible.”
In summary. Samsung will stop producing “traditional” DSLR. They want to be number one in the new mirrorless camera segment created first by Panasonic and Olympus.
Finally we know the US price of the NX-10. BHphoto listed the Samsung NX-10 with a price of $699,
Samsung NX wants to convince you that MicroFourThirds sensor are not as good as the Samsung sensor. And to do that they made this “nice” graphic:
You can find it here: http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/photography/digital-cameras/nx-series/ES-NX10ZZSEB/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail
Samsung has a plan to release a super zoom lens for NX10 like Panasonic 14-140 zoom lens.
It will be available some time this year.
First websites are showing Samsung NX-10 image samples. here the list:
Slrclub
Slrclub2
Digitalcamerareview
and finally a hands-on at dc.watch.impress
UPDATE: Fotoactualidad postes some videos with Samsung NX10, 30fps, 3fps + Autofocus
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Comment from Eric: The Pentax K-x uses a Sony 12mp sensor. ...
Comment from Gabriel: I saw the few images samples available, ...- Comment from Eric: At $700 with a 30mm prime included and V...
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Traciatim
3 years ago |Wow, using that image is really sad. The advantages of a larger sensor should be at least shows with real examples rather than simply using a garbage image. Why couldn’t they just take some ISO1600 shots from in a night club of someone on stage and show some cropped areas where details are needed zoomed in to 1:1 instead?
It’s not much of a system yet, but if that’s the price with a lens the it will be hard to pass on at least checking the NX10 out in hand beside the EP-2 or whatever similar models are out by the time I can actually afford a camera.
Radis.Rut
3 years ago |Perhaps they have a batch of 4/3 sensor that has low pixel count and can do ISO12,800 very neatly, heh heh heh, just dreaming.
and it’s very interesting, too, to watch how Samsung will do to be number one
Bilgy_no1
3 years ago |Kind of a contradiction there: NX10 is not competing with micro 4/3 and then coming up with such a fake comparison.
In Holland it is illegal to use such a direct and false comparison. But besides matters of law, there’s also a thing called ‘ethics’. I don’t know exactly how that translates into Korean…
Eric
3 years ago |It’s clearly competition, and I for one am glad for it. I think M43 prices have been way inflated, particularly lenses, because they know they are the only guys on the block with a hot product. Well now that will change. The Samsung camera outfit looks to be decent, and the sensor does appear to offer cleaner images than the m43 cameras. Hopefully Pany/Oly have something up their sleeves!
Eric
3 years ago |At $700 with a 30mm prime included and VF built in at may very well not be competition because m4/3′s doesn’t have any camera that compete at that price at the moment (which is a mystery to me seeing as how entry level DSLR’s are more complex to manufacture and under $600 now). The GF1 is $200 more and $350 more if you add the optional viewfinder. Panasonic needs to make a better looking update to the GH1 and package it with the 20mm/1.7 for under $800 if they want to compete with the NX.
Gabriel
3 years ago |I saw the few images samples available, and i’m not convince. At low iso, they looks ok, but at 1600iso, they are either noisy or detail-less. My reference is the Pentax K-x.
And i found that the blurry background at high aperture is disturbing, not very pleasant. But after all it’s only a pre-production camera. wait and see
Eric
3 years ago |The Pentax K-x uses a Sony 12mp sensor. The Kx also (according to DPR) has the best low light performance of any non-full frame camera (it’s good all the way up to ISO3200), so I’m not sure what you see in it’s performance that is lacking. However, the NX will be closer to the Pentax K-7 since the K-7 also uses a 14mp Samsung sensor.