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A late personal review of a camera that still performs - the NX Mini

Started Jul 28, 2019 | User reviews thread
Ben Herrmann
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I am continuously impressed with the higher ISO performance...
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...of this camera. What continuously surprises me with the NX Mini is the superb high ISO performance given the smaller 1" sensor. I'm beginning to wonder if some type of NR is is also applied to RAW files in-camera? If this is the case - and you know it to be true, please let me know.

I question this because even at ISO's above 1600 to the max allowable in the NX Mini, the RAW files are remarkably clean. I know this may sound ridiculous, but at times, this NX Mini has cleaner higher ISO results than some larger sensor cameras - now go figure?

For example, last night we went to a Christmas concert in the small town of Holly Springs, NC. A traditional big band orchestra (Rt. 55 band) was giving a Christmas concert at the Holly Springs cultural center. I wanted to bring a camera with me and I settled on the NX Mini due to its small size. Once the hall lights were turned down, the camera showed a reading of 1/30 of a sec (the minimum I allowed in the camera for lower light situations) and F5 at ISO 2500. I hardly used any Luminance NR at all in ACR and the conversion process was too simple to be honest.

Here are a few results from that concert - not bad for such a small camera. The photos have the higher gamut Adobe RGB color profile attached, so for some of you, you may not enjoy the full rich look to the images. Others with monitors or browsers capable of displaying expanded colors, you will enjoy the result.

So despite the caveats that some may have with this older 1" sensor camera, for general photography scenarios, this camera can net some really nice results.

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