Re: There are better reasons for the lack of sales
Kisaha wrote:
I have a NX300 and a NX500 and the 500 is a much better camera in every sense. The 500 is a perfect B-cam for a set with the NX1.
No EVF. Not perfect at all. Not even EVF possible. It is take it or leave and people leave it. Mostly.
This is a NX300 and a NX500 comparison, and I said that NX500 is a a perfect B-cam set for the NX1. Your comment is irrelevant.
Agree if you have the Samsung glass, the NX500 is a great B-cam.
NX1 competition was Canon 70D, 7II, Panasonic GH4, and NX1 is the better camera among all of them, not very competitive priced, but a better mix of all the cropped cameras.
The real problem is that the system is abandoned, but in my opinion, the system was very competitive and modern, and it deserved a better look fror people.
Lets discuss NX1 as a stills camera. Its not any better than a 70D. 70D has great AF, similar DR, and great IQ. Yet the 70D is cheaper, and carries forward one's investment in glass. Samsung has some really great glass, but its missing some rather obvious wholes, like f1.4 primes for popular portraiture lengths (30mm,50mm). It needed that on day one to be competing with the 70D and higher priced stills.
Now as a video camera the NX1 had a great edge 4k video, 120fps for 1080p, H265. But even that advantage I think has diminished. The real cost of a Samsung kit for video would include, a great deal of money in glass plus the body. Ball parking estimate on the glass:
- Zooms 16-50mmf2.8, 50-150mmf2.8 (all Samsung) ~ $3k
- Primes: 12mmf2.8, 30mm f1.4, 50mmf1.4 (all Ronkinon MF), ~ $1.2k, 85mmf1.4 (Samsung) $800
Total glass ball park $ is $5K. One can probably shop around get some deals, but having priced these all out at different times its not a bad ball-park, but to be favourable lets say $4k with some digging.
The body was running on park with 7dmkII, at NX1 body $1.7. Grand total is $5.7k.
So at this point, I would suggest, if you want 4k video on an aps-c sensor, its cheaper to go for a BMD ursa mini 4k, at $3k, plus some fast SD cards, and resuse your battery and canon glass. This will come in lets be generous and say $4k, and you have a much better 4K camera with global shutter, and pro res 4:2:2 or if you really have the time 4k 12bit raw. Saving about $1.7k. So it looks to me that the NX1's days as the best 4k video option have passed.
Not that its a bad camera to have its just that all technology moves on, and if your trying to win a market share with an expensive glass+body system you have to carve out a niche.