Firmware update for NX300

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1. The Remote ViewFinder in sammy nx is a gimmick, unfortunately. It just allows smart mode and no Raw or PSM modes. Too bad. Other cameras, not marketed as smart, do much much better (eg omd-em1).

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   1. I haven’t tried other cameras yet, but the truth is that I used remote viewfinder once. And the WiFi in the camera at all (and only for testing purposes). So I don’t care about these improvements much. 🙂 Anyway it may be very useful in some cases and adding those functions is a good step. I just hope they will work harder or release some development kit for creating smartphone apps for their cameras (like Sony did).

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2. The previous NX 300 firmware update was to enable the camera to remember settings after sleeping and or turning off.
   On my camera it worked for a while and then stopped.
   I usually keep my mode dial on Shutter priority and too often ( due to my habit of
   not checking settings when quickly picking up my camera to grab a shot ), I take a shot and have to wait for a 30 second exposure then for the processing because 30 seconds is the ‘defailt’ setting. Now when this happens I pull the battery out to stop the processing.
   I know it is my ‘fault’ but the previous firmware update has not worked properly.
   For this reason I will skip this new update until after the holidays.

   Samsung should change the default shutter speed to around 1/60 ( a fast, quick shot ) to avoid this operating issue.

   If one classifies Remote Viewfinder as a gimmick, then Smart mode must be a gimmick too,
   which it isn’t, in my opinion, Smart Mode is a ‘Point & Shoot’ mode, nothing more but very effective on most shots.

   I disagree with the label ‘gimmick’ and find Remote Viewfinder useful with static subjects that are evenly illuminated.

   I too would like Remote Viewfinder to offer the full range of camera settings, including RAW.

   Maybe Samsung needs a new processor in future cameras.

   In the meantime I am very satisfied with my NX300, black, and its back-up, my NX300 brown.
   For my purposes the only good back-up is another NX 300.

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   1. That’s interesting, I’ve never had such problem. Anyway you should try the new firmware, RAW files are smaller now. I don’t understand why they don’t mention it in the improvement list.

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      1. The 30 sec default setting is a real pain.

         Having two NX300’s I will update one and shoot a few images of the same scene with both.
         Will try to vary subject content with varying amounts of subject details.
         Need a few days, will report here.

         Are the Jpegs the same size?

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         1. I almost never use JPEG so I can’t say. I’m looking forward for your results.

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            1. I either shoot Raw & Jpeg. With the NX300 and 18-55 often times I don’t need the Raw but I like knowing I have it in the can.

               Found the 1.33 files to be marginally larger:

               I made a pictorial comparison but can’t post it, will email it to the Administrator.

               UPDATE: FW comparison pictorial posted above.
               I am surprised the wide shots have a smaller file size than the close-ups.

            2. That’s an interesting comparison. I expected different results 🙂 Can you also try it with shooting only in RAW (not RAW + JPEG) ? Thanks

            3. Good point, will do.

               UPDATE: I did go out and shoot a landscape for detail,
               but I forgot to try the RAW only with 1.32.
               My test data was missing what you asked for.
               Overall I found the variances run 1/2MB between 1.32 & 1.33.
               I now have both my units on 1.33.

            4. Posted, see above.

               Before I update my black NX300 to FW 1.33 I will try to shoot a more traditional ‘landscape’ , perhaps at various ISO’s, to compare file sizes.

               Any suggestions on FW comparison shots are welcome.

3. They don’t mention it but I see that my RAW files are about 17-18MB now. I think they were bigger with previous firmware.

   edit: I’ve just found some of my RAWs taken with ver.1.32 and they are 23-24 MB. That means it’s 25% less now. That’s quite a good new 🙂

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