Samsung NX10 Camera Review

The new Samsung NX10 is a camera with interchangeable lenses, no mirror reflex, but with an electronic viewfinder. Therefore it incorporates the outline of the Panasonic G1 and GH1, preserving the appearance of a reflex, albeit with a bodiless option and with the electronic viewfinder in the center, above the screen and with a shape similar to the upper cap with a pentaprism SLR. The size of the sensor is APS, however, and larger than the micro 4 / 3.

The NX10 is therefore the first of a new class of cameras with a sensor size equal to that of mid-range SLR (APS), without reflex.

Samsung NX10 main features are:

- APS size CMOS sensor (23.4 × 15.6 mm) from 14.6 MP

- Ability to shoot at 3:2 and 16:9

- Samsung 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS zoom lens for Samsung NX10

- Electronic viewfinder, no mirror, with VGA resolution (640 × 480) 920,000 pixels, zoom 0.86 x (0.57 x actual)

- Active Matrix screen technology, OLED (AMOLED) and 614,000 pixels (offers better contrast and brightness)

- Contrast Detection autofocus (on sensor) with 15 normal and 35 AF points for the macro as face detection and manual focus

- Automatic exposure, a lot more priority and manual preset scene modes

- Shutter speeds from 30 sec to 1 / 4000 plus Bulb

- Sensitivity from 100 to 3200 ISO

- Speed gust of 3 fg/s

- Built-in Flash more sleigh Hot

- Video capture mode HD 720p (1280 × 720) to 30 fg/s with MP4 (H.264) and audio mono

- SD memory card / SDHC

- Lithium-Ion Battery 1300 mAh by BP1310

- Dimensions 123 × 87 × 39.8mm

- Weight 353 g

The NX10 will be available in May at a price $699.99.

In addition to the camera body were clearly covered and lenses.

The new Samsung NX10 lens is Samsung 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS zoom lens (35mm equivalent focal length: 27.7-84.7mm) * 3X optical zoom built-in optical image stabilization.

The new Samsung is an innovative camera that, while following the pattern already suggested by Panasonic offers the novelty of an APS-size sensor in a compact body with an interchangeable lens and electronic viewfinder. But Samsung has not played the theme to the end, perhaps to avoid risking a negative reaction by the market, having no such tradition of Olympus. Indeed the size of the NX10 are similar to those of some real SLR like the Olympus E-420 (130 × 91x53, 426 g), Pentax Kx (123 × 92x68, 580g), being only flatter. This does not make it to paperback and combined footprint of the lens does not make much of a transportable reflex. Compared to the Panasonic lacks GH1 then just swivel the screen very handy for shooting video. In return the size of its ODA by 14.6 megapixel sensor should provide the higher resolution and greater noise reduction.

Samsung did a short first interesting attempt in the right direction, but if he wants to succeed must go further and produce an APS camera with interchangeable lens and almost pocket, in the wake of the PEN Olympus and Panasonic GF1.