Modding NX500 and NX1 - silent shooting

Pavel Masek wrote:

That is sad that this particular function is not in NX1's firmware - it would be great for timelapse shooting

My take is that NX500 is a "2nd gen" NX1 motherboard in a different form factor and software-crippled to respond to marketing (less features) as well as engineering (heating due to more compact form factor => the 15 and 25 min HQ video limits that are not configurable in settings) needs, as I explained in another post.

This idea is supported by the fact that NX500 has an additional temperature sensor for the image sensor I think (as seen in the parameter dumps).

I guess in between the release of NX1 and NX500 they added electronic shutter which would have made it in the NX2.

On a more hopeful note, the sheer size of investment demonstrated by this camera PLUS the fact that Samsung does not sell this IP whose diminishing value would prompt a sale if discontinuation would have been decided, tells me that there are, within Samsung, some voices that argue in favour of keeping ILC camera options open for when the mirrorless ILC market takes off as it will do, eventually.

I am actually quite convinced that these two cameras (NX500 and NX1) are still peerless from a tech standpoint - maybe except two features that Sony 6300 is said to have: the 4D focus and no-blackout VF, both of which could easily be implemented by Samsung with the increased power available due to 14nm fab move.

One final point: For Samsung the heavy lifting is already done: they have a lens lineup, a pro body and a cheaper body and the tech inside them is actually shared to a large degree with their smartphones and Tizen stuff.

What this means is that if they ever decided to go for a NX2, it would be comparatively very easy to integrate the then-current advancements into what they have now and come up with a killer new body in a matter of months.