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NX300 vs NX3000

Started May 24, 2018 | Discussions thread
Veducci Senior Member • Posts: 1,359
Re: NX300 vs NX3000

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

My usual canned reply on this question:

I dumped my NX3000 because of it`s undependable and slow AF, especially in less than ideal lighting situations. I went with the NX300 and never looked back. AF is more important to me than ultimate IQ although I never did compare image quality so I can`t comment on which was better . I really loathe using a camera with a mediocre AF focus capability and the NX3000 was just that.
That all said the NX 3300 IS a newer model and could very well have improved IQ but If the AF is anything like in the NX3000 , forget it. It`s not worth the trade off , not for me anyway.

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