The Dutch site Cameranu.nl leaked the new Samsung Mini 2 camera. It has a 20.5 MP sensor and records 4K. Some more specs:
stereo audio
4K-video
sensor seems the same one as in the current NX Mini
super amoled display instead of lcd (resolution of new screen unknown)
retractable flash in body (indirect flash seems possible)
external flash connector removed
DirectLink-button disappeared. On/off-button gone to the back, next to new flash-button
D-pad now with scrollwheel (!)
1820mAh-battery/400 shots (instead of 2330mAh/650 shots for NX Mini)
separate door for battery and connectors
metal rings on both sides for neck strap (instead of compactcamera style wrist strap provision)
marking for sensor plane on top
more ‘manly’ styling…
and last but not least … interchangeable front…
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As a nx shooter, I’m totally uninterested in nx mini. I’d rather get a fixed lens compact like sony rx100.
Hahah then get the RX100
NXMini is a niche market and fits the bill perfectly for my pocket camera when paired with the NX-M 17mm f/1.8 OIS (45mm eq). Perfect party and social camera.
Only downside on the first NXmini was the flash but that seems to be sorted so im definitely upgrading
As always, you’re totally uninformed. The nx mini with the lens you mention is bigger in any dimension than the rx100. Besides, the rx100 iv has an evf, a zoom lens which is as fast at the long hand, probably better iq, much better video capabilities (thx to the stacked sensor), IBIS and much more.
Would you please quote a single feature in which nx mini is better? Or are you just the usual fanboy?
I owned the RX100 for over a year and liked it quite a bit. However the biggest limitation with it was that the fast f1.8 is only available at the widest setting of 28mm which is why I eventually sold it. For RX100 III and IV it is even worse because you only get f1.8 at 24mm. They are already f2.5 by the time you get to 28mm and get to f2.8 around 30mm. For me 24mm is too wide for most of my general purpose shooting. So I find the 45mm 1.8 of the NX mini much more attractive as it provides the f1.8 aperture at a FL which I am much more likely to use for most of my shots. Yes you lose the zoom, so it is a tradeoff like everything else in photography. The 17mm 1.8 also has OIS so they are even there. Sensor IQ should also be similar as they both use the same underlying Sony sensor.
Thank you for getting there before i did @explorer76. No where did i say the NXM was smaller neither did i hate on the RX100 or your comment, you just seemed to comment to say your not interested like it your ‘interest’ in a product is so relevant you had to share and i thought id let you know that there are people who interested.
The NXM gives me a 45m 1.8 eq with OIS, a 180′ amoled screen, great low light capability thanks to the SONY 1″ sensor, easy fast menu and great wifi implementation. Perfect for socializing with my friends and partying.
Yes the RX100 is a better photography tool but my point was that the NXM has its own niche market and if its not the market for you and another (very capable) camera fits the bill (rx100) what is the point in commenting your lack of interest?? I might as well of posted ‘not interested im more interested in a SLR like the 5D’
Oh and the NXM is the only NX camera i own so hardly a fan boy
Of course you did NOT understand my initial post. When they announced the mini, as a nx shooter I was thrilled hoping that it would have been a very capable camera (like rx100 imo is) to be used also with existing nx lenses in order to get a sort of ultra crop for them. But the camera is simply too much toyish for my purposes.
That’s the reason for my comment. Since I couldn’t do what I wanted to do, hence defeating the nx compatibility, for me it would be better to go with a very good fixed lens camera if I wanted a small one.
But thats the point you want a very good very capable fixed lens camera and it is already on the market in the RX100 why comment on a camera that is in a different market aimed at different people to those who use the the rx100. in essence your saying
‘ want this samsung that has the sony 1″ sensor to have an evf like the sony rx100, fixed lens like the rx100 and spec more like the rx100’
so you want the rx100 with samsung nx written on the front?? (as a fixed lens camera wouldnt have any compatibility with the nx line anyway)
You called me miss informed when in fact im well infored and this camera does what I need better then any other camera on the market could, you dont see me in RX100 saying ‘id me more interested if it was more like the NXMini’
For one The nxm with adapter gives you a 1.8x multiplier on all your NX lenses which gives you fast zoom capability that rx100 can’t touch.