NX500 as the near perfect compact camera

Kisaha wrote:

You are comparing a full frame camera that costed thousands of $€ to a tiny APS-C that was a lot less?! That is how good the NX500 from 2015 is..

I purchased my Sony in like-new condition for roughly twice the launch price of the NX500. Pricing doesn't seem so disparate that way.

Mind you that not everybody buys cameras every year. Imagine buying Canon/Sony/Fuji in 2015. You would have to buy 2-3 cameras from each brand those 5 years to finaly equal, or surpass the NX500.

The "investment" in lenses is not proportional either. Bigger - heavier - more expensive lenses.

Buying cameras yearly has little advantage - it typically takes multiple years for manufactures to make major improvements. Not only does the NX500 have light lenses, it also has a light body. I'm not sure if any current camera approaches its performance without being appreciably heavier.

Fuji has multiple problems with video (white balance issue, overheating, some time limitations, zoom shift exposure = that is a lenses issue, they weren't build with video on mind), battery issues on most, e.t.c) and most of their lenses are terrible for video. They will replace most of the old ones, and even the new 16-80mm everybody was expecting is just a mediocre lens for too much money. This is the review from my favourite lens reviewer:

https://www.lenstip.com/571.11-Lens_review-Fujifilm_Fujinon_XF_16-80_mm_f_4_R_OIS_WR_Summary.html

and watch this from a guy a very much respect. Korean, but perfect english subtitles

https://youtu.be/Vva3GV_XElQ

Undeniably X-T4 is a great tool but it is 2020. Imagine buying in 2014 a Fuji camera Vs the NX1 (because you can not compare the flagships with the tiny NX500). You needed exactly 3 Fuji flagships since 2014 to match the NX1, and still some of us prefer the NX1+S 16-50mm combo as our workhorse. Fuji still needs to polish things further (IBIS, the shifts, ergononics, lenses, e.t.c)

No camera has perfect white balance, fortunately Fuji has a log format for video which helps alleviate this concern. Most people aren't going to encounter overheating. For situations where heat is a concern, a Panasonic S1H or Sigma fp would be more appropriate. Indeed it seems somewhat counter-intuitive to use a general-purpose camera if high fidelity video is one's focus. The NX500 has time limitations for recording too, unless you modify it. Also, I'm not sure what battery issues you're referring to.
As for the video you linked, I strongly believe that demonstrates an issue which would be correctable in software; it should even be correctable in post if one takes their time to even the exposure of individual frames.
I wouldn't expect much from an APS-C lens with kit zoom range and an f4 aperture. Fuji have a wide range of lenses, weather resistance adds to cost. And Fringer has a fantastic adapter allowing many Canon EF-mount lenses to be used on Fuji cameras with reasonable AF performance. I don't have one of those, but I do own a non-flagship, pre-2014 Fuji camera that I find great for taking stills - the X-M1.

I'm certainly no Samsung hater and plan to soon make a thread I think frequenters of this forum may enjoy.