That funny video has been made by Samsung. Yes, it’s still amazing to see how people thinks in term of “bigger is better”.
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A few points:
1) Erm isn’t that what Samsung sells its Galaxy line on? Bigger specs / screen etc = better? Isn’t that what they are doing with their line of cameras also with Galaxy NX?
2) Typical Australians where everything big = better.
3) Sony Australia’s ads were very similar, but much more humorous and attention grabbing.
4) This is a really good promotion of mirrorless cameras, but not Samsung cameras.
5) Erm Samsung are ONLY popular in consumer electronics for offering ‘bigger’, that is the main message they have had. Bigger specs, all about BIG screens and BIG specs all the time – Never about any real innovation. I know this is point 1 but felt it needed covering twice.
6) That ‘smart share’ crap at the end has ZERO to do with being a smaller camera – it isn’t like only small cameras can do that… So it’s rather pointlessly tacked on the end.
Yeah Samsung have never had a creative idea in their existence.
Thats all a bit of a mad rant. its only a commercial, i though it was quite funny.
To be a fair, Samsung’s claim with Galaxy is that bigger IMAGE is better, not bigger CHASSIS. But, then such nuances are lost on the public.
If I wouldn’t be interested in a brand like Samsung,
I wouldn’t spent enough time, to come to Your conclusion:
“Yeah Samsung have never had a creative idea in their existence”
…could it be that You missed not only the iFn button? 😉
You should really give it a try, maybe it will unlock Your POV and spread it to something like a horizon… 😛
Yes what people think about smaller cameras is really the problem.
I would like to have that “mirrorless-to-big-conversion” camera shell for photography of stupid people.
Now I understand why I get so much spam about penis enlargement stuff.
I use to state that NX is much underrated (especially by the press) and that few photographers (amatour or pro) use that gear simply because they don’t even know it exists or they think it’s crap without having tested it (just because it’s not Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Olympus, Leica or other “old” camera brands).
Even more interesting would have been a comparison, say, of a picture made by nx300 disguised as a Canon Rebel and vice versa. That would actually have been funny.
Quite ironic coming from the company whose entire consumer product strategy is to throw crap at a wall and see what sticks.
This coming from the same company that is putting out a 6.3″ smartphone and beyond.
Quite ironic that I did chose the convenient Samsung system over bigger competitors…
…maybe it stuck in the wall, exactly in the most ergonomic place for my needs? 😀
…and I love my big smartphone with character recognition and pen…
…no need for paper or tiny keyboards anymore. 🙂
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I like the Samsung approach very much – it’s a clever presentation – isn’t it? 😉
funny video! 😉
p.s.: “why DSLR?”…you’re right, mrs NX300…but…where is your viewfinder? 😀
If it had an evf, no other aps-c camera would be needed 🙂
Very nice. 🙂
So now Samsung is copying Sony Australia commmercials too. Samsung really looks lost in the mirrorless area.
*sarcasm mode on*
Yep, smaller camera can offer the same quality of photo… That’s why Samsung introduces this new super thin Galaxy Camera V with 13-inch screen. Ta-dam!
*sarcasm mode off*
This is a very true observation 🙂 or perhaps galaxy nx was made after they saw the outcome of this interview. They think they’ll sell it just for its size…so finally ppl will test the outstanding quality of nx, since many speak w/o knowing or having testes the system.
Great ad. But I agree with others: it’s ironic that it’s coming from Samsung, who otherwise tries to sell smartphones and TVs based on the concept that bigger is better. It is also copying the concept deployed by Sony for a similar ad…so once again it shows Samsung’s tendency to copy others.
That being said, it seems the NX300 is a very good little camera. And Samsung can create some high quality products, can iterate quickly according to market conditions, can and will spend huge amounts on marketing, and in general has very deep financial resources. Therefore I would not discount Samsung lightly in the camera market; they could come on strong and in a few years things may be seen in a different light.
Just as an aside, I just looked at the Samsung website and the first thing you see is an ad for the Galaxy S4 with the tagline:
“The Next Big Thing is Here”
LOL
OK,
So, we know bigger is better when we discuss astro physics: Larger optics, telescopes, radio telescopes etc…. (Don’t bother coming up with an argument unless you do some reading first, then re-read if you still have an argument.)
Smaller glass will not be able to resolve well when the pixels get pushed higher on m43 sensors.
Some glass (some) still hold up well to the D800.
Where is the happy medium? Do people here believe that m43 is the best? Is it the tiny glass+sensor combo in some phones? The Nikon V1/2? The Pentax Q? The APSC size sensor + glass combos? The 35mm formats? Medium formats?
This is all bull shit. Just to get people to pay up and get a whole new system.
If you like a huge depth of field and some grainy images at all iso (the om-d is grainy to me at all iso ranges), then buy it. If you love the ability to shoot very shallow depth of field images even when the target is not close, grab a full frame or some apsc size sensor cameras with good glass.
I just don’t get these arguments any more.
Just goes to show what lemmings people are. The espouse an opinion without looking or thinking first.
I don’t know how many times I have been told that My photos are good cause I have a big camera.
Firstly, take a look at the Samsung manufacturing precision.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBODY can match that precision.
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Secondly take a look at electronics inside. Samsung put very powerful processor, a lot of memory, and the OLED screen that DSLR manufacturers can only dream about. They just have no technology to match samsung
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Thirdly, no other company can match Samsung synergy of camera division with Samsung electronic division. Samsung can re-use best in the industry processor, best in the industry memory, best in the industry display so R&D money is spread over milions of units (camera + smart phones), very capable operating system, best in the industry user interface. No other company can match that business model.
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WHAT SAMSUNG NEEDS TO DO:
1/ make more professional lenses like 16-50 f2.8, 50-135 f2.8 Make them so good that when tested against existing DSLR pro zooms, they are equal or better. Also samsung needs pro telephoto. Usain Bolt is a good face for samsung ads only on condition that samsung has 300 mm f2.8 lens. Otherwise, the ad money is wasted.
2/ make professional flash system or contract someone to make it for samsung (I would recommend the second option)
3/ Increase flash synch to at least 1/300
4/ Stay competetive in the sensor department. Samsung sensor is really very good but Samsung needs to produce camera without AA filter.
5/ Be first to introduce graphene sensor, and be first to introduce “flexible” graphene sensor. Samsung is a leader (together with IBM) in graphene manufacturing. Graphene sensor is the future.
I hope samsung will read this post.
this has nothing to do with samsung..
if they did this with canon point and shoot and shoved it in a 5DmarkIII shell, everyone would think the latter camera would show the better pic…
come to think of it. many of you have missed the point.. they are NOT SAYING that bigger is not necessarily better.. bigger is better in smart phones etc.. where you need more real estate to view the web..
they are just saying that you dont need a LARGE CAMERA to take good shots….
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So they didn’t think it’s funny after all? They didn’t like the comments?