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Samsung NX1100 vs Nikon 1 J3

Started May 11, 2013 | Discussions thread
tjobbe
tjobbe Senior Member • Posts: 1,430
Re: Samsung NX1100 vs Nikon 1 J3
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I am owning a J2 and the NX1000 and do use both cams frequently and my take is that  comparing them will be ok to as well for theNX1100/J3 being minor upgrades.

I cannot judge on other peoples images but any image on here shot with any Samsung 20Mpix Sensor from NX200/210/20 will match the one you can take with the NX1000 as well as the 20-50Kit Zoom is really good whereas the Nikon Pancakezoom as well is slightly better than the stablized 10-30mm Kit.

Personally I cannot tell you if one of my pictures is shot with the NX1000 or the NX20  as its basically the lens that drives the IQ, the sensor itself is the same. Personally none of the Nikons 1's can match the output of the Samsung NX 20Mpix sensor when it comes to IQ, especially when you use RAW with the NX.

Funny enought my J2 produces nicer images when shooting OOC JPEG at ISO1600/3200 compared to the NX1000 because the Nikon JPEG engine and the Sensor keep a good color saturation up to ISO3200 making even those images look good although you should not look at the details then.... but they look usable and it takes a bit more effort on the NX1000 to make them looks as good as the J2's output at that ISO leve. The J3 is said to be even a  bit better there.

The NX300 with the better JPEG engine and improved color staturation up to ISO6400 is a complete different one here and is way ahead in both OOC JPEG and RAW.

The differences are mainly speed, ease of use and AF. The J's are extremely compact with the Pancakezoom and easy to use by any compact shooter. My girl friend has mine now on a trip to Istanbul for the weekend to avoid shooting with her iPhone and she loves that little one for the simplicitiy of use, the speed of operation and the good video quality.

The J2/3  still has lots of menue driven settings which don't make me using them in any advanced PASM mode (although some had been improved from the J1 already by Nikon).

NX1000 using the UWW 12-24

I printed both images onto 50*70cm Canvas and both are showing and extreme level of detail.

NX1000 with the 45mm

NX1000 with the 45mm

 tjobbe's gear list:tjobbe's gear list
Samsung NX300 Samsung NX30 Samyang 35mm F1.4 AS UMC Samsung NX 85mm F1.4 ED SSA Samsung NX 12-24mm F4-5.6 ED +18 more
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