50-150mm S lens

BostonBoy wrote:

That being said: In 2014 it was a stellar camera, but not enough to convince the masses to switch to a new system / mount.

"Masses" were not convinced by Samsung logo, not by the camera itself. It was getting stellar reviews, but it was Samsung. Photo community is a very strange one and Samsung was definitely more succesful among video enthusiasts.

In the meantime they have been overtaken by others (Sony and Fuji comes to mind)

This is a false statement. How exactly these 2 companies have overtaken Samsung?

Fuji released x-pro2 just in recent month, not only after Samsung made its decision, but also x-pro2 is hardly batter camera. If anything, it's clearly worse - smaller EVF, no 4k, less focusing points with not confirmed focusing advantage, no touch screen or even articulated screen, with 2.8 zooms that are both worse (16-55 is costant 2.8 and has no OIS, while 50-140 is shorter and there are numerous complaints of it being noisy)... The only fuji advantage is the logo.

With Sony, it depends - A7R2 is most likely better camera (except for frame rate and operational speed) but is also twice as expensive as nx1 was at its introduction. A6300 was again introduced good few months after samsung decided to exit camera business and again it's advantage ofer NX1 is disputable, not to mentiomn lack of APS-C lenses and unavailability of FF lenses (and their prices).

and I think they stopped competing altogether. Only a matter of time then until already non-stellar sales numbers dropped further. They have given up, sad to say, since I do believe they have the core technology and engineering prowess in house. It's just not part of their strategy any more.

In regards to the AF: Capable, yes, but even with the Pro-Glass I experience the occasional hunting, and the keeper rate with fast burst is less then optimal, even with not-so-fast moving subjects. I'd say my new Fuji XPro2 blows it out of the water, and so does a few other mirrorless systems I regularly shoot with.

This statement is false again. Xpro-2 doesn't "blow out of water" anything, it's just catching up with A6000 and m43 (X-T1 flagship was very bad and full of restrictions in continous AF what is confirmed by numerous tests and by Tony Horthrup on youtube - after FW 4.0), not to mention that by saying "few other mirrorless systems", when the only other remaining is m43, nikon 1 and canon M, you discredit yourself completely, as you imply Samsung was the worst.

I'm not even talking about the latest DSLR Canikon offerings here, such as D1X II or D5/D500.

Good, because you don't know what you're talking about anyway and in this case could only see pictures of those cameras.

Plus, the sensor is definitely noisier in low light than the latest offerings out there (Fuji XPro2 Night Shoot @ ISO 6400 with the wonderful ACross Film Simulation attached, FYI).

Fuji X with their traditionally inflated ISO rating that doesn't stand validation in any professional review. Plus black and white conversion always hides noise.

Just to be clear, I'm not a brand-fanboy,

Yes you're.

I'm a results-fanboy, and I use whatever the best offering for me is. The Samsung NX1 stays in the Arsenal for now,

If you have it.

as it is still very good for the next 1-2 years to come. And who knows? Maybe Samsung or a successor for their Imaging Business might have gotten their act together by then. There is always hope. In the meantime, the camera won't stop working, so I will continue to use it.

Why would you when fuji x-pro2 "blows it out of water"? You come on this forum, write some strange and funny statements and then contradict yourself in every other sentence.

Enjoy,

- R

Lisa Ann II, Newburyport, MA