foot wrote:
I have a chance to buy a used NX300 which I find interesting since it supports the Samsung EM10 external microphone. Two questions maybe someone could help me with.
1) Is the image quality of the NX300 substantially different than the NX3000? I know the NX300 has PDAF and 1080p at 60fps.
2) The big feature for me is the support of the Samsung EM10 external microphone. However this does not seem to be available on the used marked. I checked all the usual places. Ebay, amazon. Am I missing something? Does anyone have one they wish to part with?
Thanks
If you do not have the EM10, don't waste your money on something you can use with a couple of - dated, admittedly- cameras.
I believe the NX30 has a mic in, which is a much better idea, buy the Rode Micro for cheap, or a Sennheiser MKE 400 for better and more directional quality, or the MKE 440 if you want the best - in my opinion of course - for a ON camera placed microphone (stereo, and directional, win win!).
As of the features, and as a camera, the NX300 is amazing. NX3000 is almost primitive in front of the NX300, BUT, I had the NX300, I gave it away, and I bought a NX3000, only 25/30frames video, but the codec is a lot "milder", what a basic Canon dSLR could offer, while the NX300's codec is "broken", definitely not usable for me (search in this forum, there are a couple of very detailed threads about the matter).
If you care a lot more for photography, NX300, if you care more for video with a dedicated microphone..well, maybe you should look on the NX1, or a Panasonic camera, or the new Canon M50. I believe the NX30's codec is similar with the NX300, but I have never use a NX30, so I do not know for sure.