SamsungCameraRumors (Click here) got their hands on some interesting NX1 sales details:
– Worldwide Sales (or preorders) of the NX1 are lower than expected
– Sales are high in some countries like Korea and Germany
More important there will be a price drop on the NX1 in January.
Some more NX1 info:
Full Lab test at Cameras.Reviewed.
Readers test at Dpreview forum.
NX1 autofocus imrpession at SCR.
Image samples by ePhotozine.
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The quality of the 4K snapshot is just amazing. So much detail!
Lets wait for the first RAW examples.
Sales: this was just logical. Samsung doesn’t have the “name” right now – but time will change this, too.
It will took a time, but we will see it.
Nice example of self fulfilling prophecy… announcing a price drop is the surest way of suspending all preorders… and more generally all sales.
Still waiting for some real AF / IQ tests anyway to see if it is worth its price and I suspect almost every potential buyer is doing the same.
I really cannot understand samsung marketing. They should have launched the nx1 at an attractive price, e.g. 1000€ or few more, instead of trying with a price that discourages everybody. The fact is that they simply can’t act as if they were an established brand in photography. They have to act like an underdog.
In a boxing match, the champ usually gets much more money than the challenger, especially when the latter is consudered an underdog. Later on, if he wins and becomes the champ, he will be able to ask more money, but not while he is a mr. Nobody.
Nx1 is a challenger for established brands like canon, nikon. Even sony has to compete on prices to attract customers (see the prices of a6000 and a7, for instance).
If nx1 had launched at 1000€, many ppl would have bought it on paper and specs. But not at 1500+ €, not at all.
P.s. I’m also waiting for some impressions about af performance, but can’t find any!!
Samsung in other markets like Televisions and phones started out as a budget option. Then grew on this once they got a good reputation. I don’t know why they didn’t do this in the camera market. They are such a massive company they could sell them at cost price like sony did with the playstation, and wouldn’t feel it to badly. That would really grab some headlines!
Exactly my point. Instead, they massively overpriced older models (galaxy nx, but also nx30).
Nx1 is not overpriced “per se”, but I can see very few ppl ready to spend 1500+€ on a samsung camera body AND on a scarcely supported/recent system that, up to now, has been the least succesfull in mirrorless world.
Samsung NX1 is a camera which has no production grade firmware, no ACR support and no professional photographers’ support yet. How could I preorder such a product? Very few did and will do anyway. The launch price is right because it must set value perception. Later it will come down. But until then and until NX1 starts to sell in mass amounts Samsung should raise not awareness but trust in the potential buyers. Raising trust is not fully equivocal even for the 7D mark II. NX1 is a camera that needs much more nurturing than an average product.
I just read that nx1 has no possibilitty to set manual iso in video, this is terrible. No slo-mo at 1080 over 60fps. It has no eye detect af. The jpg engine looks vastly sub par from early shots.
So, capable hw but incapable fw/sw. Perhaps, along with this overdue price reduction, will also come an overdue fw improvement to fix these lacks? I don’t know, considering that the weak points of other previous nx cameras have never been fixed.
‘overdue price reduction’… a camera that hasn’t even been released yet…
Of course I was referring to the rumor under which I wrote. Did you care to read it? 😉
Anyway you can pay 1600€ to samsung even if/when the nx1 costs 1000€, if you like!!
No i dont buy on release price no matter what brand it is and all I’v given is £299 to Samsung for my NX mini, I swaped my NX300 for my XE1, I’m not looking to invest heavily on a body or lenses until a company releases a larger camera close to what I want
That’s wise. I had to buy fast lenses to capture at best my daughter’s early months/years, otherwise I’d have waited as well.
If it is like the other NX cameras, just checked my NX30, you put it in M mode and start video at whatever ISO you want. These rumors wont die.
The NX1 can shoot video in full manual mode so ISO can be set like any other parameter… You should at least wait for some competent review before spreading “terrible” news on Internet forums.
This is a first generation of this quality – the average shooter doesn’t even know about some of the mentioned stuff – overall this is one of the best cameras made today
Holy shit, look at all you guys damning, praising, judging, and drawing conclusions off a rumor! You’re all ridiculous. How about we wait until the camera releases, THEN make conclusions? You knee-jerkers all look stupid getting your feathers ruffled over whispers and leaks when the damn *release* is so close. For all anybody knows, your conclusions could amount to nothing more than blowing steam out of your ass.
The rumors from this site about nx1 and samsung in general have always been quite true.
P.s. for sure nx cameras have a track of price halving within 6 months. I would never again buy nx at launch!
Two negatives by my usual personal stalkers 🙂 so if you don’t agree with my message, why do you read this site? 😉
Is agreeing with you mandatory to read this site…? I didn’t know you called the shots over here….
Delusion of grandeur much?
Nope! But in the message I just stated that this site is often right about samsung and I got two negatives 🙂 or the negatives are towards my person? Are they personal attacks?
Surprise, surprise…I really don’t get it. In the techno world of ours, a gadget as a lifespan of 6 months, a year at best. Three months have passed and no NX1 on sale? Dear me, I never liked the damn thing and especially its maker, but with all the rumours for February, the NX1 has lost its momentum. In 3 months time, all the sapienti of digital cameras will be hailing a new god. Samsung photo is run by idiots and supported by submissive ” loyal” experts and yet…they consistently fail. They should watch the science of stupid (marketing, that is), to learn a thing or two.
No real surprise – Samsung has had a rough time in getting the attention – the NX1 is a super camera –
and out does the APS-C DSLR’s in a similar price range – for one it has 4k which none of the APS-C DSLR’s have – much faster frames per second – a great buffer – a really nice EVF –
Folks are just not sure about Samsung – they rather buy a Canon Rebel etc – I do think that also it is the price tag – $1600 for APS-C is a bit much for beginners and intermediate users – also Canon and Nikon have a huge selection of lenses at reasonable price – like the 50mm F1.8 Canon for$100 – what has Samsung ??
So a lower price and more lenses is needed – the high end APS-C users tend to be existing Canon and Nikon and Pentax users – So it is an uphill battle for Samsung –
Does anyone think samsung will release a 1.4x or 2x extender for their nx mount?
So January came and went, and there was no price drop. Any word on if this is still happening? Thanks.
Came in April instead. I buy the 16-50 power zoom kit for $1699, and a week later the body alone drops to $1299. I was hot. I sent the kit back to Adorama but I have to wait a week because they are closed for Passover. Guess what? When they open back up the OTHER 16-50 kit is now on sale for $2399. Yes please. Hurry up UPS.