The Galaxy NX is a good studio camera.

The huge screen makes studio work fun and a bit more collaborative. I used the Galaxy NX to do a job for Zach Theatre today. We were shooting images for their season brochure. It made the shoot a very collaborative process as my art director and I were able to see the images coming up in the 5 inch rear screen so well. And the pinch or unpinch to shrink or enlarge the review image is a great way to evaluate. We used the kit lens for this.

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"Jill" by Kirk Tuck ©2013 all rights reserved. For Zach Theatre in Austin, Texas.

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Austin based advertising and portrait photographer, and author of the book series, Minimalist Lighting, and the books: Commercial Photographers Handbook, Photographic Lighting Equipment, and, LED Lighting for Digital Photographers. www.kirktuck.com

Kirk Tuck you've done it again.
You've demonstrate to the world how good was Samsung Galaxy NX camera that can be put to good usage to a great extend.
Thumb up for your team great work.
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Kenny

NewForce said:

NewForce wrote:

Kirk Tuck you've done it again.
You've demonstrate to the world how good was Samsung Galaxy NX camera that can be put to good usage to a great extend.
Thumb up for your team great work.
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Kenny

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He'll be demo-ing it it in a couple of weeks in NYC if you happen to be in the neighborhood:

http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.com/2013/10/sharing-some-night-time-images-from.html

(You may be impressed by those pictures, I'm not.))

And his review won't make it any cheaper or any better a value than it already isn't.

It's DOA.

Just like the Galaxy Gear, or whatever it's called.

Of course YMMV.

fotophool

My Flickr Pics

Talking with respect, I think that your posts here are more a kind of promotion, than a real discussion. Several times you posted and then did not interact anymore with other posters.

And, btw, I think this kind of promotion is not useful for Samsung.

If you are in touch with them, you could try to help them understand what/how a camera should be at that pricepoint.

Every aps-c camera or m4/3 camera could take that kind of shot, in studio.

But a camera w/o physical controls is just unuseful for many.

Besides the camera has severe limitations. Buffer depth is ridicolous, evf is not so good compared to other products, the camera has no ibis nor weather sealing and much more.

IQ is good - very good - being the same of nx300, but...many (all?) won't simply justify the cost (that for you, of course, is a non issue).

tecnoworld said:

Talking with respect, I think that your posts here are more a kind of promotion, than a real discussion. Several times you posted and then did not interact anymore with other posters.

And, btw, I think this kind of promotion is not useful for Samsung.

If you are in touch with them, you could try to help them understand what/how a camera should be at that pricepoint.

Every aps-c camera or m4/3 camera could take that kind of shot, in studio.

But a camera w/o physical controls is just unuseful for many.

Besides the camera has severe limitations. Buffer depth is ridicolous, evf is not so good compared to other products, the camera has no ibis nor weather sealing and much more.

IQ is good - very good - being the same of nx300, but...many (all?) won't simply justify the cost (that for you, of course, is a non issue).

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Cost is the killer with this .

tecnoworld said:

tecnoworld wrote:

Talking with respect, I think that your posts here are more a kind of promotion, than a real discussion. Several times you posted and then did not interact anymore with other posters.

And, btw, I think this kind of promotion is not useful for Samsung.

If you are in touch with them,

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If someone's opinion is different from yours, he's "in touch with them" ?

Come on ...

I own the nx300 and did not need a bigger buffer until now.

So, should I think YOU are in touch with Sony the hundred times you claim for a bigger buffer ?

btw: in another german photo magazin (Digital photo 11/2013) the galaxy nx is the "highlight of the month" and has taken the first place in their all-time-system-cam-tests. The complete ranking:

Samsung Galaxy NX
Samsung NX 300
Olympus E-P5
Panasonic Lumix GX 7
Sony NEX-6
Samsung NX 20
Panasonic Lumix GH 3
Sony NEX-7
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Fujifilm X-Pro1

Ehm, probably you did not follow previous threads by mr. Kirk. He got free nx300 and 2 free galaxy nx from samsung; please read before posting such harsh replies.

I'm the first to be happy with nx300 except for a couple of things that would make it a perfect camera. Again, please read my other posts before saying uncorrect things.

The galaxy nx will not sell, I can bet anything on this, due to the high cost compared to its big disadvantages, i.e. lack of physical controls.

tecnoworld wrote:

tecnoworld said:

Ehm, probably you did not follow previous threads by mr. Kirk. He got free nx300 and 2 free galaxy nx from samsung; please read before posting such harsh replies.

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My reply is harsh ? Hm ...

You think Kirk Tuck is biased towards the samsung cams. These are his own words:

"The people at Samsung have given me this NX 300 camera. It's not a loaner. I tried to be as honest as imaginable in this review. Understand that I have receive a product of value from them and, while there was no implied, stated or even hinted coercion to write this review human nature is complex. Try one for yourself before you buy."

(from http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-samsung-nx300-review.html )

To me he sounds like an honest person.

Why Samsung gave cams to him and why doesn't give Samsung cams to dpr ?

Perhaps because Kirk Tuck is relevant in photography. Look at his website, look at the reviews of his books:


Do you really think, he's in need of writing things, he didn't mean ?

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I'm the first to be happy with nx300 except for a couple of things that would make it a perfect camera. Again, please read my other posts before saying uncorrect things.

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What isn't correct in my statement ?

tecnoworld said:

The galaxy nx will not sell, I can bet anything on this, due to the high cost compared to its big disadvantages, i.e. lack of physical controls.

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That's not the point. Of course, you can be right with your bad selling prognosis, but nevertheless people may rate this camera positive.

Well, you are uncorrect since you mentioned sony in the reply, while I never praised sony...neither ever owned a sony product.

I'm not saying mr. Tuck is biased towards Samsung. I'm saying that his posts here sound more as a sort of promotion (given the fact that he posts few comments, then disappears for weeks) rather than good insight in the use of the camera, which he does for other models/brands.

I'm the first to think that nx system is very good. I have three nx cameras and several lenses, all of them bought with my own money.

If I had to review them, I'd post in a very different way, underlining pros and cons and then being available for discussion.

Not just saying: 'wow, this camera is great for studio work thx to the big display' and then posting a rather average picture that any modern camera could take in controlled environment.

Don't take me wrong, I have nothing against mr. Tuck - I read his blog from time to time, I enjoy his pics - but his posts aree, IMO, not good for samsung's image. Looks like he HAS to say something about nx, and he does that fast and light. No deep user experience, at all!!!

I can't see a pro photographer using a tool with no physical controls. I may be wrong and only time will tell.

As for myself, I'll be using nx300 until a newer nx comes oit with physical controls, better evf than galaxy nx, bigger buffer than nx300and galaxy nx and possibly other useful features that are now present on other cameras (like ibis).

Happy to respond. First, let's put the ole "I don't see anything about this image that couldn't have been done with any other good camera" BS to bed. All the top cameras from Nikon, Canon, Sony, etc. can take equally good images in the hands of people who know how to use them. If you are looking for "breakthrough" image quality you'll find that it comes slowly and across the brands. Looking at my working image for some ultra special Samsung quality is a fool's errand. Every one knows the sensor is based on the NX 300 sensor and whatever you've been able to get out of that sensor you should be able to get from the Galaxy NX sensor. If you don't like my image then that's on me. Thank goodness my client is pleased with the 600 images we took for them yesterday!

"Promotional!!!!!" Any time a camera company gives out a camera to a reviewer there's the hope on their side that the reviewer will fall in love with it and sing it's praises. I've been very, very circumspect about the camera because I feel like it's still a work in progress and I'm anxious to see what the final firmware, etc. will deliver. I'm holding off doing any sort of big review until what I have in my hand is the same as what they'll release in our market (U.S.). All camera makers send out Beta product that is still undergoing final tweaking for final launch in a market.

I am not on Samsung's development or marketing team so I have no idea why the camera is launching in the U.S. so far behind the U.K. or Singapore but I suspect it has something to do with licenses from the big telecoms to use their data plans. But that is conjecture on my part.

My contact with Samsung people is largely limited to calling technical people and asking, "How do I do this?" or "How do I set up this connection." They also invite me to participate in events.

I'm not trying to come here to promote the camera but so little has been written here about it that I thought someone might have a genuine interest in how the camera performs in the studio and since I did the job yesterday I thought I'd write about those high points. No one asked me or paid me to post here. Why don't I return more often? Because there is so little response and traffic here that most times I feel like I'm addressing a vacuum. Now I'm finding that a large percentage of the people that do respond just want to prove in advance that the camera with fail. It might. It depends on the vast sea of consumers and what THEY want.

It might fail with some traditional users who want buttons and might be put off by the technical side of the camera. I don't know. At 57 I'm just another photographer grappling to find out the value (if any) of being always connected to the social network via my camera. I think for the generations that grew up with their noses glued to a screen, who have never worked with film and who have been acculturated to having the majority of their social interaction on some sort of computer or communication device a camera like this will seem natural.

There are things I like about the camera (image quality, screen size, EVF) and things I don't (Android system operation, buffer size in raw) and I'll discuss them in a full review. You might be able to assess cameras at the speed of light but I like to live with them for a while and see what they feel like after I become used to all the foibles. Do I wish we had all continued along with Leica M3's? You bet. That was fun and there wasn't a lot you could say about a camera.

Do we live in the technical age? Yep. Is the industry changing? Yep. There are a lot of people who only want to carry one device and have that one device do just about all their social networking for them. A device like this, with e-mail, a web browser and plenty of other software might be just what they want.

Finally, I don't set prices for cameras. I've spent $5,000 on a Nikon D2x that didn't have nearly the image quality that this much cheaper camera does. I spent $7,000 on a Kodak DCS 760 that was six megapixels and infinitely more limited. I don't think the final price will sink or salvage this camera. I think people will by it based on their perceived needs and that's going to be different for everyone.

Finally-finally, as to the lack of buttons: Between iFunction and the push and then turn control dial (which is programmable) I stopped noticing the lack of buttons a couple of weeks ago...

Is that a good reply? Now, if you can keep the admins from deleting it as they have a few of my other responses it should be noticeable that I am participating. I'll be happy to answer any real questions if I can.

Thank you very much for your reply. This is indeed a very good reply. I never said I don't like your photo - indeed I do - just I don't think you couldn't have achieved the same result with 95% of the cameras you own.

About ifn, I've been using nx cameras for more than 2 years, with three different bodies (nx100, 200 and 300) and simply can't get used to ifn. I say it's a nice idea and good concept, but the click, chose setting, then turn wheel on lens is not as direct to achieve as the rotating wheel on the back.

And I'm not referring just to changing aperture, shutter and iso, but also setting up drive mode, changing flash mode, locking ae, setting up ae and much more. I need buttons and wheels and I can only hope that galaxy nx is just an experiment that will actually leave space to more traditional concepts like nx30.

The evf is something you like. Happy for you, but imo the one on nx20 (and galaxy nx is same) is worse than most evf on other cameras. Like omd, gx7, nex6/7. It's lower res, has rainbow effect. I hope samsung can develop a new evf for future models.

Last buffer depth: I'm also not liking it at all. 5 raw files in a row is just ridicolous when you can do 8fps...I hope you'll be pointing this out in your review, so that samsung will improve in future models.

Thanks again for your time.

You and I have similar tastes in camera. I will be pointing out every single negative (and positive) feature of the camera imaginable. Look for my review around the first week of Nov.

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Well, you are uncorrect since you mentioned sony in the reply, while I never praised sony...neither ever owned a sony product.

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That was a JOKE. Should have used smileys for that

I, for one, am interested to see your work with GNX gear - we get close to nothing from it otherwise, and despite some comments here earlier looking at your site it is immediately obvious why you are a working pro. So kindly keep posting - the more the better, I think.

The undercurrent of hostility to GNX here is quite easy to understand - while the camera might do well in studio settings, where, arguably, control deficiencies don't matter all that much while the jumbo screen saves hassle with tethering and separate screening, it is easy to see why most of us - not being studio photographers - feel that Samsung is barking up the entirely wrong tree with GNX while everybody and their grandma is clamoring for a NX30 with EVF and the 300 sensor and processing. I personally have no interest in a NX30 - I want RF-style housing and would love to see a NEX6/7, DX7 equivalent from Samsung, but even so GNX is about as far from my photographic interests as you can get. The people who like the NX XX series bodies (and judging by Sony's recent NEX 3000, there's a huge market for "small DSLR" out there) naturally feel that Samsung is dropping the ball by not providing a NX30 and furthermore can't help to wonder about the beancounterish antics with resulted in the GNX's current price. I'd worry about Samsung's direction too, if I had invested enough in NX glass. All in all, expect as certain amount of push back here when discussing the GNX. But don't let it dissuade you - I think it isn't so much personal as simply pent up frustration with how Samsung seems to be constantly unaware of what they should do to retain the loyalty and confidence of their current NX customers.

Perhaps similar tastes in cameras but...I wish I were as good as you are in using them

That's kind of you to say but I don't think my work is exceptional. I hesitate to use it as an example in many cases because I fear it leads to undervaluing the gear or techniques I'm discussing.

Exactly, I quote every single word from you, especially those about rangefinder style camera and being worried about nx direction and future.

Believe me, I am so old school about camera design that if I were designing a digital camera for pros it would be along the lines of an old Nikon F2 with the most basic controls. Every files would be raw and I might not even include a screen on the back. But I'd probably go out of business very quickly because the market of minimalists and purists is probably very, very small.

Thanks for your experience with Galaxy NX. I am a user myself and like the convenience of an Android camera . To me personally, It Is hands down the best quality camera with a modern mobile operating system.

I wish the kit 18-55mm lens is a little better, low light auto focus a little faster but I am overall very satisfied with the camera.

I personally hope all cameras should eventually come with a mobile operating system.

Regards
Jaw

Hehe, that's a bit extreme even for me

I'd be more than happy to see a NX30 very similar to omd-em1 (but with aps-c sensor and samsung ui and touch functions) and a NX400 very similar to pana GX7.