ihkim
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Re: Is the NX1 that much better than the NX10 ISO-wise?
james _ wrote:
NX1
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/samsung_nx1_review/image_quality/
NX10:
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/samsung_nx10_review/image_quality/
My eyes and experience are still maturing, so apologies if this is a dumb question. Also this probably isn't the best comparison to use even if it's from the same site (Don't worry, I've looked at plenty of other sources as well).
I just feel like for all the hype surrounding the NX1, there's not that huge of an improvement. The noise grain is finer, there's less color noise (although the NX1 images are also less saturated), and the NX1 is doing this at double the pixel count.
But I know plenty of unbiased professionals have praised the NX1's sensor. Is it just me or is the improvement more evolutionary than revolutionary for ~ 4 years time?
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Side note, I really want to jump on the NX1 while it's on sale...but video would be my main use. I'm assuming h.265 support will not come for awhile and trasncoding is a pain. Any certainty on if a future firmware update will enable h.264 recording or long it might be until the price drops further?
It's a bit of a shame to see where the camera industry as a whole is going...few other electronics categories have created an expectation of 10-50% off within a year or even months of product release.
I have NX10, NX100, NX20, NX300 and NX1. NX10 image sensor is same one in Pentax K20D which is released in Jan 2008.
Between NX10 and NX1, IMO, I believe that NX1 got at least 3-4 stops improved from NX10 for high ISO performance wise.
One of big issues of NX10 JPG processing in high ISO is loosing color.
About H.265 codec, Windows 10 will support H.265 codec in OS level. I guess video editing tool will suport H.265 codec soon.