After Samsung, where's next?

For me a camera has to have a viewfinder these days. That's why the Galaxy NX is my top choice for Samsung. It's still light even though it is bigger than the NX300/500... but oh that grip! It literally fits my hands perfectly. Just got back from Spain and had a chance to look at my pictures and the jpegs have the same magic my NX300 and 3000 had and with a little imagination for now I can see the Galaxy NX having its own specific output. I can only compare to the pictures I took with the 300/3000 last year, but there may be something unique in the jpeg output. And I love it.

I mostly shot with my 16-50 PZ with the Ricoh DW-6 attached. I think the Ricoh adds its own magic. It screws on perfectly without adapter, but be careful, it does not stay attached easily and sometimes works itself off. When I'm walking with that combo there is no issue, but I went mountain biking today and the adapter fell off when the path got bumpy. Even though it fell open-glass into rocks I can see no marks on it.

I also used the 30mm and the 18-200mm which surprised me. It may be optically inferior, but I love its output nevertheless, there is something special about it. Between 150-200 the edges are ridiculously blurry, but it gives the pictures an interesting look as - at least in my copy - the center stays surprisingly sharp.

I also used the 18-200 with my NX Mini and the output is stunning throughout the range as the blurry edges are cut off. The range is roughly 50-550mm which super useful.

I have stated before that the jpeg output of the NX500 is lacking depth for me and that I prefer what the GNX/NX300/NX500 bring to the table. I wonder if it has to do with the non-S lenses maybe not being able to resolve the 28MP easily. Would be interesting to compare jpeg output with S lenses.