NX Mini vs the latest 1" cameras

Hi,

I am looking at a new 1" camera either the G7Xmk2 or the new LX15. However I have also found a used NX mini with the 2 lenses for 200€ and wanted to hear your opinion about this little camera...

Thx

Not on your list, but my vote is any of the RX100 models. I had the mini and it is not versatile. Poor interface, touch screen acted goofy, terrible lens flare, too thick with anything but the 9mm. Plus one of my lenses failed. I love Samsung cameras, but this one was a stinker, at least for me.

For the money that's a great deal on a great camera. The poster above is the only one I've seen that had a bad experience. The nx mini is a pretty great little camera.

The being said, the newest Sony models are very nice and have great video features like 4k video and super high frame rate (1000fps), but are quite expensive. If you are after the extra video features it may be worth it to you.

parakalien wrote:

For the money that's a great deal on a great camera. The poster above is the only one I've seen that had a bad experience. The nx mini is a pretty great little camera.

The being said, the newest Sony models are very nice and have great video features like 4k video and super high frame rate (1000fps), but are quite expensive. If you are after the extra video features it may be worth it to you.

If you sift through these forums there are a number of failed 9-27 lenses, touch screen complaints, and lens flair issues on the 9mm with no easy solution. I've owned many, many cameras and this one is not a very good one. In the right conditions it can produce a good image, but it is not versatile. Trust me, I wanted to like it. The one redeeming thing about the mini is the 17mm stabilized lens if you can buy one at a decent price. I would not mess with the other lenses if someone where to buy the mini.

Kinger wrote:

parakalien wrote:

For the money that's a great deal on a great camera. The poster above is the only one I've seen that had a bad experience. The nx mini is a pretty great little camera.

The being said, the newest Sony models are very nice and have great video features like 4k video and super high frame rate (1000fps), but are quite expensive. If you are after the extra video features it may be worth it to you.

If you sift through these forums there are a number of failed 9-27 lenses, touch screen complaints, and lens flair issues on the 9mm with no easy solution. I've owned many, many cameras and this one is not a very good one. In the right conditions it can produce a good image, but it is not versatile. Trust me, I wanted to like it. The one redeeming thing about the mini is the 17mm stabilized lens if you can buy one at a decent price. I would not mess with the other lenses if someone where to buy the mini.

Don't know about the 9-27, this slow zoom didn't interest me at all. I have the NX Mini with the 9mm, the 17mm and the adapter for NX lenses.

The missing lenscap and hood of the 9mm mean, that you have to clean the frontlens before use, otherwise the smears on the lens will create really interesting flares, just as with the camera in my phone.

The stabilized 17mm f/1.8 is a real gem, but it was never cheap nor good available. Really sharp wide open and definitely not flare prone. It gets me a rather fast 50mm equivalent, which I like more than a fast wideangle lens, like in my Sony QX100 or its RX100 siblings.

Obviously, a RX100 will be smaller than the NX Mini with the 17mm or the zoom lens. But with the adapter and my 30mm f/2 I get a fast short tele lens, with the stabilized 60mm f/2.8 macro and the also stabilized 50-200mm f/4-5.6 I get a good reach into the tele range. Not to speeak of my even longer manual Nikkor 400mm f/3.5, which adapts nicely to any mirrorless ILC I own. For me, the NX Mini is very versatile...

But for someone not into NX, I think a RX100 Mk 1 may be a good and not too costly entry into the 1" range. The zoom lens is faster than the 9-27 of the Mini and brings good quality if I look at the pictures of my QX100. A QX100 may even be an alternative, the 5.5" screen of my smartphone is sometimes really nice, but it's rather clumsy and slow to operate.

i have nx mini with 17mm/1.8 and picture quality is outstanding...i don't think any sony rx100 incarnations could hold a candle to mini with 17mm...

but, rolling shutter is driving me nuts! i like totally silent cameras, and that's the main reason i wouldn't buy any mirrorless camera, only leaf shutter from now on...

Yannis1976 wrote:

Hi,

I am looking at a new 1" camera either the G7Xmk2 or the new LX15. However I have also found a used NX mini with the 2 lenses for 200€ and wanted to hear your opinion about this little camera...

NX mini was a near miss for me. The 9mm lens was awful shooting into the sun - lots of flare and huge loss in contrast etc. Turn around and it could produce excellent images. The 9-27mm zoom is a little better. That aside it also lacks in ergonomics and user controls.

I actually much preferred the Samsung EX2F - even with its smaller sensor. That said I sold the EX2F when I got a Nikon 1 J5. That is like the economical version of the Sony RX100 series only it has interchange-able lenses. The 6.7mm-13mm (18-35mm) lens is spectacular. The 18.5mm (50mm) is stellar too but does exhibit quite a lot of c.a. wide open. The 10mm (28mm) pancake is also nice..