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Samsung image quality

Started May 1, 2014 | Discussions thread
Peadingle
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Re: Samsung image quality

AdamT wrote:

I have had a G1X since it came out and it`s been very useful for work for silent shooting, candids etc , have owned the EOS-M and have had Samsung NXs since the 200 .

Samsungs IMO are hamstrung by their mediocre at best JPG engines, they slam too much detail killing noise reduction on even at low ISOs and mess up high ISOs with streaking etc , so they need to be shot RAW to get anywhere near the best from them, the G1X benefits RAW too but it`s not as essential ..

shoot the G1X, EOS-M and my current NX, the NX20 + 20-50mm (not the dissapointing 18-55) In RAW and the NX pulls away by quite a margin with far better shadow recovery, finer per pixel sharpness and even highlight recovery is better . high ISOs are cleaner too . the EOS-M is noisier than the G1X for some reason, likely a lack of cooling due to the RX100 size of it .

don`t get me wrong, the G1X Mk1`s high quality 28-120 effective super-stabilized zoom has no match in mirrorless (range, size & IQ ratio) and from reports the new Mk2`s faster lens may not be as sharp either and the camera is so damn useful but an NX with a prime or the wide end of the 20-50 beats it easily in every respect Image wise in RAW .

I noticed a massive jump in detail with the EX1 too in RAW with Capture one when i had one 4 years ago ..

Thanks Adam, that's extremely useful!

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