Image on top shows the current NX300.
One source reports that the Samsungs NX300 successor could be announced in early 2015. And actually there will be two variations: One without and one with integrated EVF. The source said one camera is called NX400 and the other one NX400EVF.
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This will be what a lot of People are waiting for!
And it makes sense! NX300 was announced in January 2013!
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I’ll actually be very happy if this proves true. The biggest defect of nx300 (and nx line in general) is the lack of evf in a small form factor. If samsung finally realized that, than it could have a winner (if it’s not too late). Of course I’ll be in for the evf version, provided it also comes with a newer sensor and a decent buffer, this time.
P.s. in the meanwhile, the moderator of samsung forum on dpr, Taffy, is spamming again (like he did before for galaxy nx and nx300), by posting more than one topic per day with just one picture in it, to advertise the nx30 he got for free. It’s a real shame and he should be banned forever from there.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53950297
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53942670
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53918934
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53926354
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53875021
Simply ridicolous. Nothing like this should ever happen. This is a shame for ppl into nx system and samsung in general, that pays ppl with free cameras to spam on forums and sites.
As you now, I don’t believe that Samsung has any future in this market segment, using their name, At least they are a determined bunch that deserve praise for not giving up. 🙂
I agree that brand recognition and reputation have much to do with the success of a product. But samsung, till now, really seems to have been quite “dumb” in designing its bodies (while being very good in designing its lenses).
I mean: I’m sure that a camera like a6000 or x-e2 or gx7 would have been very successful, even produced by samsung. At least, much more interesting to most ppl than the ‘dull’ nx30 or the ‘weird’ galaxy nx or the ‘evf-less’ (and ‘bufferless’) nx300.
If they really do a nx400 with evf and a decent form factor, finally, that could be the ‘proof by nine’ for them. If the camera sells well, then they’ll understand that they did everything wrong, till now. If it does not sell, they’ll be able to say that it’s just caused by the brand not being taken seriously.
But I’m sure it would sell more than nx30 and nx300 together.
Samsung seems to have a decent line of lenses. A small, stylish, “rangefinder style” body with a great EVF, weather sealing and fast buffer and focus could be the thing to put them on the map. No other mirrorless has yet to assemble all of those features, though Fuji is probably going to be the first when they rev the XPro. But the space is ripe for a new competitor to come in and shake everyone up. I hope that Samsung kicks it up a few notches like they’re doing in the phone and tablet space. Competition is good.
I perfectly agree with you. Samsung left out the most interesting product for the average mirrorless users: a small body WITH evf.
They cover the needs of those not wanting an evf (fewer and fewer ppl, among those willing to spend on a dedicated camera) and of those semipro not caring for size advantage (again, very few among those going for mirrorless).
Now it’s time for them to cover the needs for those not happy with the IQ of p&s or camera phones, but serious enough to want a full fledged camera with a nice evf, in a stylish compact body. They could have a winner, after all the previous failures. Especially considering the very good lens lineup!
I do not think you will see a 400 series.
You have the NX30 and the Mini.
The market can’t take too much dilution.
It’s all about changing the position of the deck chairs as the Titanic sinks. Impress us with your cameras, Samsung. Make the Full Framed camera you have had bottled-up and spend real money on camera R&D, why don’t cha? Unless Samsung starts to take some gutsy chances, all they will be known for are TV’s. Take a page from Sony’s playbook, Samsung and think outside your little box.
Samsung really has to learn marketing. They give away cameras for free in exchange of spamming on sites and forums (Like it happens with Taffy on DPR, the worst moderator in the world, that opens one thread per day to ‘advertise’ the nx30 with ugly pictures) and they don’t send them to reviewers. This is something that no other brand does.
They have to understand who the opinion leaders are!
Yes, that is bone-headed to not give cameras to reviewers. It must be control issues of the Camera Division managers that shape just a idiotic policy. With such a policy, they win the message war but loose the sales battle. If Samsung is confident they have made a formidable machine, they should give their cameras to reviewers ahead of their release. It will only augment their (obviously) meager camera marketing budget. But, the only people Samsung seems to care about influencing are the people in the S. Korea market. How narrow-minded. They have got to spend money to make money. They will spend money to advertise their refrigerators, but not their cameras. They are a mega corporation that is sitting on huge piles of Won
Don’t get me wrong, above the Fuji-clone NX 400’s are lovely-looking cameras. And if looks were enough to win in the camera game, they might be on top. But, they are just copies of an already successful design. The advantages they bring over the originals are marginal, at best. So, why make the effort? Cannon and Nikon, they can afford to be incrementalist, because they are so far ahead. Why would the leaders change when they have a successful formula? But, when you are at the bottom of the sales chart (like Samsung), you have to take chances, no? You have to spend money on that chip plant making a sensor more advanced than everyone else, you have to make a camera in a category no-one else knew existed…you have to take chances.