Preview at Imaging Resource.
Hands-on at CNET US.
Preview at Techradar.
Preview at ePhotozine.
Hands-on at ThePhoBlographer.
Preview at Dpreview.
Press release at Photographyblog.
Press release at Imaging Resource.
French press release at Focus Numerique.
Press release at Engadget.
Press release in german at Photoscala.
This post is under continuous development 🙂
36 Responses
Someone tell me I’m dreaming, or did they just shoot themselves in the foot by removing the viewfinder option?
And I HAD been looking forward to this one (lenses, price, etc.)…..
That’s a foot shot alright. Seems like a very unwise decision.
Yes, that kills it for me.
Unfortunately the high ISO output looks rather noisy compared to the NEX-5n…
Thanks!
Looks like a NEX camera; small camera with big lens.
GF3 + X 14-42 is winning the “make the smallest camera possible” contest.
About the bad idea of removing the EVF, the NX100 also does not have it. It is for the NX10/NX11 line.
io: NX100 has the option of ann add on EVF (contacts below hotshoe ala Panasonic GF1/2)
i can’t believe they would do that, there must be something we don’t know.
They shouldn’t have place the Samsung logo in the grip, kinda ugly.
I think it will be gone fast because it is exposed to sweat and mechanical stress… which does’t make this a good decision 😉
I actually like that, the red 200 is more disturbing imo.
no built in viewfinder and even removed option for external finder?
ridiculous.
they shot themselves in their knee.
Yeah, E-P3 and NEX-7 both looking to be better choices.
IQ is nothing to write home about. At least at 100%. They should have stayed with 14MP.
But let’s wait and see what could be extracted from it using the RAWs.
Noise of the Sammy’s sensor looks funny: it’s not grain but rather some sort of distortion.
In the end, resized for web, most pictures from the DPR sample gallery look pretty OK, even at ISO 3200.
P.S. It seems to be more in line with P&S strategy: shoot 24MP, but to make picture look OK, it has to be resized to at most ~4MP.
Same problem with Sony A77, somme good noise at 3200+ iso. Maybe there is a limit in pixel counts for APS-C, at least for now. But samsumg have a better jpeg engine, i can’t see any smugde in the high iso pictures. And even at 400iso i can see noise in the shadow, or maybe i’m paranoïd 😉
im not impressed by the picture quality on dpreview….
IQ is bad for APS-C.
and why 20MP is beyond my understanding….
Imaging Resource also has a Hands-On Preview. Although they don’t appear to have had as much time with it as DPreview, their comments as always are insightful, and they included a video walkthrough.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/NX200/NX200A.HTM
CNET is also reporting in detail, with a video:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20100036-1/hands-on-with-the-samsung-nx200-camera-promising-but-pricey/
Kind of an odd strategy. They were first or second to the market, but now they are making cameras where the only selling feature seems to be the cost savings.
Seems to me people who spend $600 for a camera are willing to spend an extra $100 to add features and image quality.
I asked on samsungimaging.net why they left out the EVF port but my comment didn’t appear. I guess moderators didn’t like the question 🙁
No built-in flash, so it’s of no interest for me. Too bad really because it looks like a very nice system. Those APS-C lenses sure make it rather large though . . .
WTF is wrong with the most comments??? Does Sony nex have more than 3 lenses that you can actually buy withought selling your car(well ok the zeisis its not that expensive buuuut it is 1k euro at least)?? Samsun has 3 package lenses !! 16,20,30 what else u need?? Even with the NX100 if u know how to use them you can drain the max of your photography! 4 years ago when this high ISO was a dream even for the FF dSLR how you were making photos??? Or you are just these tech guys that look the specs but not how to take good photos!! Don`t judge a camera withought holding it and using it what more if there is no even review out!!! Go study the great teachers of photography (and see what art they made more than 50 years ago by some with what film cameras) and then say that a camera suck because any good photographer can make good photo even with the cheapest compact!
I think they did just one mistake.. but was a big mistake. No external EVF
Ok let’s summarize:
From NX100 to NX200
Good
-1080p 30fps, stereo, 720p 60fps
-7 fps shooting
-sensor IQ improved
-removed dumb glowing blue light from shutter button
-added standard external flash (maybe sort of useless, dunno yet)
Bad
-accessory port removed, no EVF option
-battery life chopped from 1300mah to ~1050, 420 shots to 330
-removal of AEL button
-dumb magic filter added to selection dial wasting space
-$899 for what reason?
All the good points the NEX-5N easily has and more and IQ is without question leaps and bounds over it still. You all know the astounding specs by now. And it costs $200 less. Forget the lens lineups for now. From the point of view of a regular consumer I look at the starting package first. Samsung fell off the wagon and bridge, stop drinking so much guys.
Yeah, camera should be introduced at 600$ (according NEX-5N price)
But some confused customer may pick this over 1200$ NEX7 because of price 😉
It depends on merchandise tactic. They are not dumb at selling.
Too bad for them there are some independent review sites hahaha
If there was a built-in/detachable EVF (and I didn’t have a m43 setup), I’d probably get the NX200 with the 16/2.4, 20/2.8, 30/2 and 60/2.8. Though 60/2.8 is big, it’s a macro so I guess it is unavoidable, and it can even double as a portrait lens since it’s 90mm equiv. and relatively bright.
Seems like Samsung took a page from Pentax and created some nice and useful pancakes. Actually, it is kind of surprising that Samsung has a decent lens lineup.
As for m43, you have Panasonic and Olympus making lenses even before Sony and Samsung join this mirrorless game, so it is expected that the m43 lens lineup is more complete.
What’s Sony’s excuse? They have Minolta and not much to show for it aside from the obligatory zooms, a soft pancake, and an expensive and chunky 24/1.8.
Also, Sony finally added a real hot shoe, where almost all NX and m43 cameras had one from the beginning.
As a system, m43 > NX > NEX.
Beautiful http://www.samsung.com/global/nx/#/design … but no optional EVF was a big mistake
@Opliger
Their motto #1 when you come there ” NX200 leaded with 20,3 megapixel sensor”
Looking at their site I have a feeling that they pay 10x more to their web designers than sensor designers :]
This will be another flop with that price! Guess we shall wait till the price drop till it hit the “worthy” bottom like nx100.
Guess now micro 4/3s and compact cameras (i.e. nx200, x10 and ep3) are more pricey than dslrs. What is happening? Cash cow???
Noisy , and detail lost even @ 200 ISO
Pointless camera
Wait for the RAWs, man. The NX JPEG processor is awful.
just terrible design , I like its spec but it is just simply too ugly, I hate its grip design(no need the huge Samsung logo).
it does not feel too good in the hand, just plastering, not good.
on the IFA they said, was it planned no viewfinder.