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about to buy nx2000. good decision?

Started Jul 6, 2016 | Discussions thread
Kisaha Senior Member • Posts: 2,300
Re: about to buy nx2000. good decision?

Christian Unger wrote:

Kisaha wrote:

and you can't blame them that produced the most advanced cameras of 2014 with very competitive prices and noone bought them..

well, you can. "too little, too late"

The NX200/210/20 and also NX30 were "just ok" when they were released. Nothing to write home about. As good as others? Yes. Cheaper? Depending on if you ignore the MSRP: definitely yes. Standing out of the crowd? Nope. And that is what matters quite a bit. If you want to sell, you have to convince your customers that your product is what they really want. Just being as good as others while being a bit cheaper does not cut it.

The majority if people buys stuff because they like it, not because it's good value for money.

The NX1 was a good step into the right direction, but at that point in time it was already too late.

The NX1 is still the best APS-C all arounder, so how it wasn't exceptional back then? And even in normal retail price is STILL cheaper than Nikon/Canon/Fuji offerings, and on par with m4/3 high end models and a6300.

Plus the hack/mode scene is adding value that others (except Canon and Magic Lantern) can't even dream about.

If they had the will (and obviously they haven't) they could have advanced to higher levels with any other camera after the NX1/NX500 combo which I use and they could have probably win the war over Fuji/m43, and tried to overthrown someone from Canon/Nikon/Sony (probably Nikon is the future's weak link here), but was it really worth it to spend so much money for a tiny segment of the market? Camera phones and "white appliances" are two huge markets that worth more money and appeal to the majority of people, plus Samsung is offering the easiest, cheapest and most accurate way to Virtual Reality right now, which is going to be really big in the next few years.

Yes, I am dissapointed about their decision, but I still use every day what I consider it to be the most modern photo/video experience in the market TODAY, when the time comes, I will reconsider my options, until then, I will squeeze every drop out of them!

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