The well informed Korean iNews24 (Click here) revealed that Samsung will announce all three new NX cameras next week. After months of leakages we can finally see what the cameras can do for real! Samsung worked hard to match the sensor and electronic viewfinder performance with the best Sony mirrorless cameras. Will that be enough to convince customers to buy into the NX system? Don’t think so. Something more revolutionary is necessary to create a buzz around Samsung. Why not introduce some of the nice concepts leaked last year? Here is the pic:
Now that is something that is catching my attention! Don’t you think so?
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What is catching your attention in that picture exactly?
words can not describe the level of FUGLY on that
the nx20? i thought it was ugly at first too, but i’m growing to like it- it’s retain’s samsung’s signature curviness from the nx10 while appearing more robust and tank-like.to me, it looks reliable and original.
I like the fact that Samsung has some nice looking, fairly fast pancake lenses in an APS-C sensor. What’s putting me off is that I’d like to see a more modern body with built in evf and more enthusiast type controls. Something similar to a nex7, not an SLR-a-like. I want a nice pocketable system with fast pancake primes and good optical quality. The nex7 is a great body but let down by both lens availability and size.
I’m not snobbish about brand and the nx200 body is nice looking, add a built in evf and some better control points and I get a lot more interested, esp at the price.
Ok so let me get this right.
Since when did the “look” of a camera become so important. Seriously, I understand the Samsung NX20 is pretty damn ugly, can’t get past that, but I didnt realize so many people (especially the men lool) cared.
I could understand if it were huge, but its still quite small, and functional so could still fit in a jacket pocket.
The NEX 7 is one sexy looking camera, but unfortunately it doesnt have the great pancakes yet.
Admin, i understand your wish for some of those “sexy concept”
but we live in the real world where you must understand that companies can’t just “release sexy products” because that would make them successful.
One company went against it and released such product anyway…their called apple.
Why do people keep bringing up looks of this camera? You either like it or you don’t. I personally think it is one of the best looking mirrorless cameras.
That aside, it looks like it has some nice improvements to the NX11. It has the great sensor from the NX200, an articulated screen, the control improvements from the NX200, reportedly faster buffer and processor, and built in WiFi. If all these new NX cameras have built in WiFi (assuming it isn’t for the base models only), it will give them an advantage to the Nikon d3200 which I understand is offering WiFi as an option with some adapter. I much prefer the built in solution.
What I would like to see with the NX20 is improved battery life (larger battery) and built in GPS. I am excited though, as it looks like that body will balance my 85 and 60mm lenses a lot better than the NX200, and they should look good mounted on the body. I wish we had some spy shots with lenses and I think the camera would look better.
Eric
Yes it is ugly, so what? ALL DSLRs are ugly and most of mirrorless cameras too. The few exceptions are retro looking Olympus PENs (EPL not included) and Fuji X100. Sony NEX may seem less ugly, but their ergonomics sucks. The Samsung NX20’s ergonomics is excellent. They kept the control layout of the NX10 and added some great improvements: rotating screen, larger and better viewfinder, and playback zooming wheel instead of that counter-intuitive green button.
Combined with the great new sensor and, hopefully, much faster processing, it looks like a perfect camera for me. I use my cameras to take pictures and don’t care much for their looks. For those who want a fashion accessory rather than a picture taking machine, get Olympus of Fuji. And their picture quality is great, BTW.
The hormones they are putting in processed food these days is making men all of a sudden think about the color coordination of their clothes, worried about how their hair looks, monthly mood swings, upset when someone doesn’t say hello to you in the morning, worrying if these new jeans makes their butt look fat and of course the color and look of a camera, duh!
To me, the looks of the NX20 (if the images are of the correct final version) is very stylish and looks “business”. Like Canon, like Nikon, like Pentax, like Sony dslrs. No going to retro look but just a working shape, period.
I have used Canon and Pentax, none of them looks better than the other, you get used to some way of doing the curves, but it is, getting used to.
they better include avchd2.0 with manual controls and throw in IBIS 🙂
I don’t understand very well why some people says that Nx20 is “ugly”. It just looks like a small DSLR, with the handgrip and the viewfinder. Its appareance just reflects its function…
Maybe kings marketers have managed to persuade people that a mirrorless should have a cosmic futuristic appareance (nexX, Y or Z) or a stylish “retro” body(fuji x pro)…
That 6×6 look-a-like I’d be interested in with a nice portrait lens.
Go to hell with new cameras, this is not compacts, camera system is done by lenses and when they have only six, no one, who will consider using NX for some more work than family photos will not buy it. And families will buy compact
I’ll buy one if iso 3200 is good and 6400 is okay, and they bring out a high quality 16-80. Most of everything else I can get used to.