New Nx500 owner.. which 2.5K hack?

markyboy81 wrote:

ohcello wrote:

Nevada Landscapes wrote:

Given your emphasis on video quality and concern about the 4K crop on the NX500, I'm thinking you would have been better off getting a used NX1. BTW, the 16-50mm S lens is much more balanced on the NX1 too.

Yeah.. good point.... but the NX1 is just too big. I want something close the the LX100 in size for video and for portable high quality photos...

But indoors is important, because for outdoors, in good light, my Galaxy Note 4 video is pretty darned impressive at 4k 30p.... almost identical to my LX100 (less some mild differences in dynamic range as you would expect). So obviously I have that with me at all times.

So the low light factor is pretty crucial as I have a decent 4K outdoor camcorder on my phone (I usually don't zoom much when doing video, so that's not a factor).

But the NX1 puts me in the same size category as My Nikon D610, which I already have "trouble" bringing with me all the time : )

I actually don't take *that* much video compared to photos... which is why the NX500 is so attractive.... I mean being able to have the NX500 with the 30mm f/2 or kit lens... or both... in such a small package.... that's what is driving this decision.... I'd take that thing everywhere!

I'll have to see how the 1080p / 2.5k / 4K does with the kit lens compared to the LX100 to see what the real world comparision looks like.

I used to own the note 4 and the quality of the 1080p out of the nx500 is far superior than 4k on the note 4. There really is no contest.

Well, I hope you are right as the Note 4, outside anyways, is very impressive to me at 4K.... very close to the LX100 in the side by side shots I have done.  Even indoors with good light they are pretty close.