I heard from other sources the fps rate was extremely high. And now we got a confirmation via Popco: The NX1 will shoot 15 fps.
And these are more tidbits about the camera translated by Ihkim:
– 15 fps with tracking.
– Vertical grip available.
– Will announce revolutionary PD system.
– Slightly bigger body than NX30.
– Body design matches with 16-50 F2.0-F2.8 lens.
– Best high ISO performance and EVF among crop sensor bodies.
– Available on the market in October (TBD)
– Not retro design but similar with Mamiya?
The other specs I already posted before:
28 MP APS-C CMOS Sensor (ISOCELL tech)
DRIMe Image Signal Processor
154 cross-type sensors
Advanced Hybrid Autofocus System / 2nd generation of Phase Detection Auto Focus System
ISO 100-51200
UHD 4K 3840×2160 at 30p/24p
Full HD up to 60p
3? Tiltable AMOLED Touch Display
Water and dust proof
Wi-Fi and NFC Connectivity
Magnesium Alloy, Weather-Sealed Body
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P.S.: Samsung NX mini review by Lensvid.
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I am not very familiar with Samsung cameras and lenses. Are there some high quality prime lenses for the system? The specs look great so far. But every great camera also needs capable lenses…
There are a couple of Good/very-good pancakes (the 20/2.8 and 30/2), a small (but no pancake) very good 45/1.8, the macro (very sharp) 60/2.8 and the great but huge 85/1.4. The 30 has very slow AF.
Unfortunately there are not very fast lenses in the 35-50 equivalent fl, like those in Fuji system.
Then there is a tiny 10/3.5 fisheye (very good).
There is also a 16/2.4 but it’s not very sharp.
tecnoworld Have you had any experience with the 10mm Fish eye??
It looks like it should be amazing but its almost unobtainable and there are no reviews for what i can find??
I have it! I actually didn’t use it too much since it’s a very particular lens and I don’t master it yet, but it’s very sharp for a fisheye. I bought it on eBay at about 190€ shipped, very good price for it!
wow that is a good price, thanks, i would love to shoot parties with it but currently none of the NXs are good enough at the iso levels i need.
If iso levels of the ISOCELL sensor works well future small bodies fitted with small primes could be a club photographers dream. Im guessing its the price of the good primes of Sony and the slow focusing of Fuji that has kept them using SLRs soo far
The 30mm prime is sharper in the center than my nikon 50mm f1.4.
There are no shortage of capable lenses, Techno lists a bunch of the lenses, the 30 mm is great when you want small and modestly large aperture. It is one of the slower focusing lenses for the system, but still much faster focusing than say the Fuji 35 mm f/1.4 (which is painfully slow as much as I love that lens). The 45mm f/1.8 is very fast focusing.
Any more I shoot weddings with just the 16-50 mm f/2-2.8 S and 85 mm f/1.4, and when I go out on my own I take just a couple primes.
I actually listed ALL the primes available (he asked about primes) 😉
As farnasnzooms are taken into account, the 16-50s is outstanding, but very heavy and difficult to find at less than 1000€.
yes, there are. Some of them are outstanding, only to mention the 30mm/F2.0 pancake and the heavy 85mm/F1.4
The question is this good enough for people to convert to the NX system? otherwise this is a delicious upgrade for people using middle level NX cameras.
Probably, 95% (not to say 100%) of early buyers will be ppl invested in nx lenses. If then the camera gets significantly cheaper (I still hope the rumored price is wrong and the camera costs at most 1000€ body only, otherwise it will have to reach at least this price point) ppl will start venturing in a Samsung system, but if and only if this camera is the best aps-c on the market.
Otherwise…why bother?
Not retro but similar to Mamiya? So which Mamiya is the template? The rangefinder 6 or 7 series? The 645 SLR style? I’m assuming we’re not going to see a waist level viewfinder like the RB and RZ. Also, I don’t think anyone should be concerned about a giant APS-C camera. Some people here really got spooked about the size possibility because of the Mamiya reference.
If the nx1 is bigger than nx30 then it’s already quite big.
You can get a nice selection of primes for just about nothing if you are prepared to do a bit of buying and selling. This is why I sold my nex for nx. Lenses are for life bodies come and go and I knew they would catch up in the end.
What will be interesting to see when it comes to video, is if they will choose an appropriate codec with less artefacts then previously. It doesnt matter if will have Ultra HD if the quality will be lacklustre. Here I hope Samsung will take note from Panasonic (GH4) and the Sony A7S.
I saw some examples of still extraction from video, coming from gh4, and they are really usable. I hope Samsung does the same, considering that video in nx cameras has always been quite poor.
I agree 100 %, perhaps (at least I hope) this will turn things around.
Redcrow on DPR just posted a set of rumours about nx1 (most of those appeared here on MR long ago. But one in particular caught my attention:
“Design: it is THE NX flagship! look just like any other DSLR Flagship. buttons and wheels.”
This really demonstrates that Samsung totally ignores the advantage of mirrorless cameras over DSLR, and that they want to compete with them first of all by copying size and look.
Fuji and Sony are much smarter IMO, if this rumor is true.
If the design is “like the 16-50S” something tells me it will look like a Sony RX10.
I gotta agree with technoworld, going with a traditional DSLR looking body doesn’t help you stand out, they are just copying. Still holding out hope though!