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Looking to hear opinions from NX300 users about the NX500

Started Jan 23, 2016 | Discussions thread
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TillmanB
TillmanB Contributing Member • Posts: 501
Looking to hear opinions from NX300 users about the NX500

With tax return season upon us I've been considering trading up to the NX500 from my NX300.  I got the NX300 because it is small (my 30mm lives on it primarily), fits in a cargo pants pocket, has good image quality, etc.  The NX300 does most of what I need, so I'm debating whether this is just GAS or if I would really see enough of an improvement to justify the cost.  I like my NX300, the AF is fine, image quality, etc.  I understand the NX500 is faster to process things and stuff pictures onto the card, but that really isn't a huge factor for me at all.

The only area that really interested me was the BSI sensor in the NX500 for cleaner high ISO shooting, but when I really got into looking at samples it looks like the NX500 is about the same until 1600iso, past that it looks like it's cleaner but I still don't think I'd want to use it past 3200iso.  I've read a lot of praise about shadow recovery, is this significantly improved over the NX300?  I'm hoping to hear from people who have had the NX300/NX30 and now use or at least have a good amount of experience with the NX500.

I'm leaning towards saving my money and continue being happy with what I have rather than spending a bunch for a small upgrade, can anyone offer any compelling reasons that I'm not seeing?  The grass always looks a little greener on the other side of the hill.

Samsung NX500
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