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NX1 first impressions

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NX1 first impressions

I've had the NX1 for about a week now and thought I would share my impressions. The camera is a heavy rig compared to my Sony A7II or OMD-EM5 but I like the controls and handling. I will have to pick up a sling strap because the body and lens feel uncomfortable after an hour with the neck strap. The touch screen is great and very responsive. The LCD isn't very good in bright sun, Sony seems to excel at LCDs with less glare.

My 16-50 S lens zoom travels smoothly but it feels a little gravely, almost like you're turning the spindle on an electric motor with resistance from the magnets and bearings. Might be the focusing mechanism. But the lens is sharp and no complaints so far.

The 50-150 S is very smooth and fast focusing. Lighter than I expected compared to my Nikon FF 14-70 f2.8.

Focusing is great in good light but in low light it's disappointing, often hunting. Hopefully Samsung can improve this in firmware.

Cons - the camera seems to freeze up at times, this is remedied by turning the camera off and on. Sometimes when shooting the camera won't go into playback mode. Or trying to change the focus mode from CAF to SAF on the touch screen doesn't respond. Minor teething issues on a new product given how fast the camera reboots. That is one big plus, the turn on speed of this body!

Battery life is not in the same league as Nikon D800. Just sayin.

Thanks for any comments!

sample can be found on Flickr https://flic.kr/p/ssdZVx

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Michael

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