Re: Hey gang - don't even consider selling your NX gear...
Ben Herrmann wrote:
I'm sure many of you have noticed the trends - that is, we tend to go after the latest and greatest. It's a common habit - we're all guilty of it to some degree.
What I'm seeing lately however, are postings - and in some cases belated reviews - about Samsung NX cameras (specifically the NX1, NX500, and NX300). I found this unusual in that the reviewer (whether just a personal review, or a more professional oriented piece) found the cameras to be still quite relevant to what is available today - in particular with regards to how colors are rendered.
Additionally, whenever I post images on other forums - whether it be to make a point, or for the purposes of comparisons between brands, I almost always receive remarks about how gorgeous the Samsung images looked - and in some cases, before they even knew they came from a Samsung NX camera.
OK - so many of you (us) have long since sought other brands of gear. After all, we can't sit still and somehow hope that Samsung will reenter the advanced camera market. And then there's those of us who have purchased other brands, yet still maintained the Samsung gear that have brought us to much pleasure in the past.
And this is what I'm alluding to. I've now conversed with over a dozen folks (PM'd from this forum) over the past year or so - who have sold their NX gear, only to later have regretted it severely. And some of them made the effort to once again try and find the model cameras that they parted with - but found that they are few and far between. and if they did find them, the prices were still fairly high even for used gear. And of course, the expected, "Oh, why did I get rid of that gear because I now feel so bad about it" mindset takes hold.
I don't know about you, but I'm going to keep my NX500, NX300, NX30, and EX2F for as long as they function. The images these instruments can capture are still very much relevant today with a dynamic color tonality that I believe, will stand the test of time.
Think, think, think first before you begin selling off your gear. I can just about guarantee you that you will be quite regretful, in particular, when you begin reviewing past images captured with them - whether on trips, family functions, or what have you.
Don't do it 'cause I'm tired of having folks inform me that I and others were correct in this regard. OK, so I warned you...
To be honest if I didn't have such a bad experience selling with eBay and I could actually stomach giving such a crappy company a bunch of money from my sale, I would have already sold my NX1. The NX1 is still an amazing camera, but I just don't use it enough and it (and my 2 S lenses) are just collecting dust.