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NX500 still worth it in 2020?

Started Jul 15, 2020 | Discussions thread
OP krloz Contributing Member • Posts: 546
Re: It is not a step up over 20 Mp m43s

Jorginho wrote:

You can look it up at photonstophotos.org and see how these compare. The sensor in the current 20MP sensors is a performing virtually identical. DxO shows the same thing. So I'd save some money if you really have am43 system with lenses and buy a cam with the 20MP sensor.

Also: most of these cams have great stabilisation the Samsung misses. An EVF might come in very handy too...

Thanks for your input! I did not know about this website. Very handy. It would be even better if they included printing quality in their rankings.

I already bought the NX500, it arrived yesterday. Definitely I could save money and buy a more expensive and modern system. My main point when I first posted about it here was price/performance relationship. My hypothesis was that for the price I was offered the camera and quality glass, I could not replicate it in other systems. Now I need to put the camera through its paces and check if I made the right decision. But checking the printing tests on imaging resource, this tiny camera is really competitive with more expensive and modern gear for my needs. I was particularly impressed that it could print with the same quality of a Nikon D750, which is the camera I was considering. At least in my country, that is several times more expensive than the NX500 I got. Sure, it is a better camera all around in several areas, but for low ISO printing capabity it is similar. And that is what I was looking after.

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