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

Started Feb 6, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP Jan Behrens Regular Member • Posts: 135
19 issues reported, two of them "fixed" in v1.22
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In this thread, I meanwhile collected 19 issues regarding the firmware of the Samsung NX1. Some of those issues are bugs, others are feature requests. After installing firmware v1.22, I did a quick check whether some of these issues have been fixed. It seems like two of the 19 issues were addressed in firmware v1.22.

Here is the complete list. Please be advised that I may or may not have missed certain tricks or settings to circumvent some or all of the problems stated below.

1. Difficult selection of manual focus mode for movies

Not fixed. Neither the MF setting in capture mode has an effect on movie mode, nor the MF ON (or CAS/SAF) setting will be preserved in movie mode. Leaving and re-entering movie standby mode always turns the autofocus back on.

2. No "focus once" option (in capture mode)

Not fixed. The only workaround is the "AF Start + Lock" function, which has its own issues (see #9 below).

3. Difficulties to reset certain options

Not fixed. I didn't figure out how to reset the EV-shift in an easier way.

4. Program shift can't be disabled and always occupies at least one command wheel

Not fixed. The button configuration still doesn't allow you to disable program shift completely.

5. Auto-exposure-lock unavailable in manual mode (with auto-ISO)

Not fixed. While this problem is really annoying, it seems trivial to fix. Yet it hasn't been solved as of firmware v1.22.

6. Manually activating the MF assistant isn't possible (without third-party lenses)

Not fixed. The button "MF Assist" shows you the MF Assist settings, but there is no option to enter the MF Assist mode manually (unless a third-party lens is mounted).

7. Irritating changes of display brightness

Fixed for movie mode (by disabling it?). When I tested the firmware, the display brightness didn't seem to change in movie mode and movie standby mode anymore. However, I'm not sure on this yet since I didn't test the behavior thoroughly.

8. Issues with the touch display

Not fixed. Scrolling through menus still feels strange (but I got better used to it).

9. "AF Start + Lock" blocks command wheels and custom wheel

Not fixed.The command wheels are still blocked when I use this function

10. Focus tracking in movie mode causes change of focus point in capture mode

Not fixed. The focus point still gets changed.

11. Overexposure guide in view/playback mode slightly crushes image

Not fixed. I still see the picture jittering in playback mode (when overexposure guide is turned on and the histograms are shown).

12. Certain Gamma Control settings cause Picture Wizard settings to be ignored while others don't

Not fixed. The behavior is still the same: Gamma C and Gamma DR override Picture Wizard settings, while the normal gamma curve does not. This may be intended, but it is highly counterintuitive. That is why I proposed to provide 4 settings (instead of 3) for Gamma Control.

13. Issue regarding repeat delay of buttons when submenu is loading

Not fixed. I can still reproduce the behavior.

14. Focus highlighting for third-party lenses in movie mode only available through touch operation

Not fixed. I didn't figure out any other way to enable focus highlighting that doesn't involve the touch display.

15. No Picture Wizard symbol shown on screen

Not fixed. The Picture Wizard symbol is still not shown, even though the White Balance symbol is shown (unless set to Auto).

16. Firmware hangs when calibrating custom white balance in movie standby mode

Fixed... (kind of)... With firmware v1.22, Samsung simply disabled the white balance calibration in movie standby mode.

17. No histogram in video (standby) mode

Not fixed. Still no histogram in video mode.

18. Shutter speed limit of 1/60s (instead of 1/50s) for 50 fps recording

Not fixed. It is not possible to record at 50 fps with a 360° shutter. Therefore, it is not possible to create 50 fps material with 1/50s shutter that can be downsampled in post-production to 25 fps with 1/50s shutter.

19. Wrong shutter speed limits for slow-motion recording

Not fixed. Setting a frame rate of 50 or 59.94 aka 60 fps and selecting 0.5x slow-motion still allows to set a wrong shutter speed (that is slower than the recording frame rate of 100 fps or 119.88 fps respectively).

Conclusion

Most of the issues have not been fixed

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