8 Little Steps To Make The NX1 Perfect - A Firmware Review of Version 1.20

Jan Behrens wrote:

No Picture Wizard symbol shown on screen

The NX10 had a symbol on the screen that indicated the currently selected Picture Wizard preset, but the NX1 doesn't seem to show such a symbol anymore.

Since I use the Picture Wizard to disable the sharpness filter and to sometimes decrease the contrast (for a higher dynamic range with low-ISO JPEG shots), it may happen that I accidentally leave the camera with a wrong Picture Wizard setting selected. Unless I reassure myself that the current setting is correct (by pressing the Fn button or a custom button), it may happen that I end up using the wrong setting for JPEG shooting.

I personally find this a bit annoying, and I would appreciate if the currently selected Picture Wizard preset was shown on the screen. It would save me time to reassure myself of the currently selected setting and/or avoid that I take pictures with an accidentally wrong setting.

Of course, this doesn't apply if you shoot RAW and/or never adjust the Picture Wizard settings.

While at first I thought that there wasn't enough space for the icons on the screen (and that is why they banned the Picture Wizard symbol from the OSD), I figured out that the NX1 dynamically adds and removes symbols on the right side of the on-screen display.

If I select a white balance setting other than "Auto", an additional symbol will be shown on the right side. If the row of symbols on the right gets too long, a second row will be started from the top.

Therefore, it's not a matter of space that the Picture Wizard symbol has been removed from the screen. Maybe Samsung considered it as unimportant? However, a wrong setting for the Picture Wizard has same implications as a wrong white balance during (non-RAW) shooting.

I therefore do not understand why Samsung removed the symbol if it was not for a lack of space on the screen? It could be hidden if the Picture Wizard was set to "Off" and shown otherwise.