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Samsung SEF580A and the Metz 58 AF-1 for Canon on the NX300

Started May 27, 2014 | Discussions thread
OP ttbek Veteran Member • Posts: 4,869
Samsung SEF580A/NX300 compatibility update
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Samsung has an application available on Android called Samsung Smart Camera NX.  It is billed as a catalog of NX gear and will do things like let you see pictures taken with a chosen camera+lens combination and other things like that.  Mainly just info you can get on the Samsung site or that of anyone selling the given products.  It does also show compatibility for NX accessories.  For the SEF580A it lists the following cameras as compatible:

Galaxy NX, NX30, NX300M, NX300, NX2000, NX1100, NX1000, NX20, and NX210.

Considering that the NX300 has not had a firmware update since my experience with the SEF580A.... maybe the flash itself has had an update.  The flash B&H sent me may have been defective.... maybe my camera has some problem that doesn't manifest itself with the SEF8 or 3rd party flashes but does with the SEF580A.... or maybe Samsung has a really low standard for what qualifies as "compatible."

Just to make note of it, Samsung's US site still has not added the SEF580A to their database.  There is news about it's release and whatnot, but good luck getting support for it, I don't even think you'll be able to register it for warranty in the states because they don't have the model listed.  Samsung US should be ashamed of themselves (B&H carries it... it's not like it was a product that was never meant to see U.S. shores or something).

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