New Nx camera with android.picture & info.

[tecnoworld]

Well, nx300 is based on tizen, which also is a linux based os, but the startup is blazing fast. Perhaps samsung is simply dumping the memory state from the rom to a very fast ram...dunno.

 

[viking79]

tecnoworld wrote:

I agree 100%. All the ppl asking for a nx300 with evf won't like this camera with no physical controls, and all those who would like a smartcamera won't like its form factor...

I just hope this is not the only route samsung intends to go with nx.

I agree, a great camera to make and experiment with, but people might still want an NX300 in an NX20 body with maybe some other features. Hopefully this is in addition to that.

Eric

 

[webber15]

nottecnoworld wrote:

I agree 100%. All the ppl asking for a nx300 with evf won't like this camera with no physical controls, and all those who would like a smartcamera won't like its form factor...

I just hope this is not the only route samsung intends to go with nx.

Not for me,stick with my nx10 or maybe upgrade to nx20,,,still waiting for initially promised longer(300,400mm)focal lengthed lenses.Pull your finger out samsung...

 

[Snapshot Atlantic]

Count me as another vote for not abandoning the NX 10, 11, 20 style camera. I don't like to feel like an old fuddy-duddy and I am certainly not against Samsung making the Galaxy style camera (there's plenty of room for something different like this.) But if this is the ONLY direction Samsung goes from here, I'm affraid I won't be coming along for the ride.

NX is an under-appreciated system and with some stepped improvements to the sensor, there is no reason Samsung can't compete against anyone else (...for every awesome thing Sony or Fuji do, there still exists weaknesses in those systems as well.)

Hope Samsung will hear their customers on this one.

 

[Gesture]

I just don't get it. Touchscreens have some uses. Pinpointing the point of focus, for example. But why do folks want to work with thier hands waving back and forth in their field of view. There's no better or more powerful proprioceptive device than a precision computer mouse. I'd rather use a dial or button to specify a setting than pushing with my finger everywhere?

 

[seph]

Maybe they expect us to control the camera with the nose, while keeping the EVF on eye.

 

[Greynerd]

How many people would buy a 400mm NX lens to offset the development cost? If you want these sort of focal lengths just get a cheap DSLR/SLT body, why do you need a NX version? The Tamron 70-300 just costs £99 in the UK. Why pay the extra premium that you have to on mirrorless kit when the lens is so big the size advantage evaporates.

webber15 wrote:

nottecnoworld wrote:

I agree 100%. All the ppl asking for a nx300 with evf won't like this camera with no physical controls, and all those who would like a smartcamera won't like its form factor...

I just hope this is not the only route samsung intends to go with nx.

Not for me,stick with my nx10 or maybe upgrade to nx20,,,still waiting for initially promised longer(300,400mm)focal lengthed lenses.Pull your finger out samsung...

 

[Wolfini]

Gee, this is sooooo the wrong direction for Samsung to take... :-( Instead of giving us the few missing external controls we need (eg AF on button) they take away one of the best things in the NX system: the almost perfect user interface.

As others have pointed out, this combination of EVF with huge touchscreen makes no sense at all to me. The whole camera looks ugly and stretched out to the right.

I am still loving my NX100 but would like to upgrade to a modern nx with a NEX-6 formfactor. But now I seriously start to doubt if I will ever see such a thing...

Give me a petition for a real NX30 and the missing NX-R, I will sign at once!

 

[Gesture]

Exactly. I'll pick up one of the 20 MP sensors and invest in lenses.

 

[webber15]

Greynerd wrote:

How many people would buy a 400mm NX lens to offset the development cost? If you want these sort of focal lengths just get a cheap DSLR/SLT body, why do you need a NX version? The Tamron 70-300 just costs £99 in the UK. Why pay the extra premium that you have to on mirrorless kit when the lens is so big the size advantage evaporates.

webber15 wrote:

nottecnoworld wrote:

I agree 100%. All the ppl asking for a nx300 with evf won't like this camera with no physical controls, and all those who would like a smartcamera won't like its form factor...

I just hope this is not the only route samsung intends to go with nx.

Not for me,stick with my nx10 or maybe upgrade to nx20,,,still waiting for initially promised longer(300,400mm)focal lengthed lenses.Pull your finger out samsung...

I like my nx10,the feel and build of the camera is very good,as is the 50-200mm lens.As having an interest in nature phtography longer lenses are needed and were on the lens map,i believe birdy toggers would buy such lenses as has been mentioned before...

 

[whtchocla7e]

What an absolute disaster...

 

[jonathanj]

tecnoworld wrote:

also because it would be VERY strange to have a top-of-the-line nx30 with no physical controls...when the nx300 has plenty. I personally would never exchange a set of physical controls with "virtual" touch ones. For example, the nx300 allows many settings to be changed by touch, through the fn button, but I never use this way.

and it would also be really odd, to say the least, to have a nx300 based on tizen and a nx30 based on android...very different philosophies, imho.

much better, two distinct and parallel lines, to accomodate everyone's tastes, and all with the gorgeous nx lenses.

Assuming that Samsung can add Android to a NX camera without destroying the camera functionality (start up time, responsiveness, battery life, etc.) I'm hoping they'll do something like Canon seem to have done with the 600/650/700D vs EOS-M. Same touchscreen interface on both, but one line still has physcial controls as well. Personally I hate touchscreens, but I know lots of people love them and it makes sense to try to cover that market too.

That would give us something like a:

• NXxx line with DSLR styling, EVF, physical controls and a (optional) touchscreen
• NXxxx line in the middle with some physical controls, touchscreen
• NXxxxx line with touchscreen only

all on the same android OS, consistent interface. That would cover all bases except the people who want a rangefinder style camera with EVF. In fact, if they added an EVF to the middle line, Samsung could cover that too.

My main concern would be that android is optimised for phones, not cameras. I have to charge my phone every day and reboot it not infrequently when something crashes. I reallly don't want to have to do that with my camera!