Is Samsung 300m worth buying in 2020?

Onetwoshot wrote:

I went and bought it!

It is hard to take a decision with so many options on the used market. I also spotted an nx500 used for £300 but it was in rather poor cosmetical order. If anyone is looking for one I suggest you to search on ebay and Facebook. Seller is really honest and helpful.

I will use gopro and my Samsung note 9 for 4k vídeo whilst using this camera for photos.

Figured that it is best to learn on a cheap camera and if I ever feel the need to upgrade there will be plenty of Sony on sale.

I got the camera in original box, 18-55 OIS with lens hood, 2 batteries (1 original one compatible), charging cable, leaflets CD and light room 5, flash bit and it is black ( I also like brown but was trying to avoid white bodies)

I really don't even know where to start 😅. I want to wipe the lens don't even know what I should use.

- what memory card should I buy? Does it have to be an ultra high class?

Oh I also need to buy some double sided adhesive film to fix this screen (seller was honest about it, it is still stable now but I suspect the adhesive lost tack) any recommendations? Otherwise the camera is in great condition, hope it is fully functional as well. Thanks for your input!

Hi there - well done!

Rather than tape, I'd think about using two or three of those thin foam mounting pads - sticky on both sides - as you can then thread a piece of cotton behind the screen to remove it again.... if fitted wrongly, to allow a "better" repair later, or just in case the delicate ribbon cable that carries the info to the screen has been damaged in all this, and needs replacing?

Would be a mm or two thicker than tape, but safer... whichever you use, be sure to cut to the right shape, so it sticks only in the right places!

Something like... Sellotape Permanent Double Sided Sticky Fixer - Pack of 140 - £3.15 from Amazon

And you'd have lots of pads left over, for all sorts of other little jobs!
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If you've not done so, the user manual can be downloaded from....

https://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/galaxy-nx300m-camera-nx300m-series

... in which they say....

"This product supports SD (Secure Digital), SDHC (Secure Digital High
Capacity), SDXC (Secure Digital eXtended Capacity), UHS-1 (Ultra High
Speed-1), microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC, or microUHS-1 memory cards."

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Although probably overly large - and faster than I need most of the time - what I've been buying recently, so as to work with almost all of my mix of cameras, at about £23 from Amazon, is the....

"SanDisk Extreme PRO 64GB SDXC Memory Card up to 170MB/s, Class 10, U3, V30"

In the NX300 or 300m, the cheaper 32GB size - in SDHC format - should hold about 670 images if shot as RAW+JPG pairs, or perhaps three or four times as many as JPGs... but those may read and write at only maybe half the speed - so I'd suggest going for the 64GB !

Alternatively, you can instead get a micro-SDXC card, as probably used in your phone etc, which comes with an adaptor that fits into the camera's SD format slot - the one I bought last month, 64GB, at £17.49 was....

" SanDisk Extreme 64 GB microSDXC Memory Card + SD Adapter with A2 App Performance + Rescue Pro Deluxe, Up to 160 MB/s, Class 10, UHS-I, U3, V30 "

I've now got 2 cameras that take this micro size, plus phone and tablet - so it's much more more versatile!
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As for wiping the lens, Amazon stock Zeiss lens wipes at some £13 for 200 - but I date from a time when we'd use the end of our necktie (after checking it hadn't dangled in tomato soup!). Otherwise, the (usually smaller) packs sold for cleaning spectacles, from Boots etc, should be more than good enough.... just don't scrub too hard!
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Good luck,

Peter