Samsung NX300 Review

Samsung NX300 a hybrid connected that deserves a better optical The optical supplied as a kit just spoils the results of a hybrid sensor which is pretty good. 

The Samsung NX300 has a good technical base (if the device is updated), it produces beautiful images (if you equip a better view than the one delivered in kit) and is relatively compact (if you do not equip the external flash supplied). It logically a little frustrated by all the "if." But the Samsung NX300 is a reactive device, guaranteed for 2 years (1 year for the competition), remotely controlled by Wi-Fi using a smartphone and it comes with an excellent software development RAW, Adobe Lightroom 4.0. Strengths of her weight back please include 3 or 4 star.

Samsung NX300 Review

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connection Wi-Fi, pairing in NFC, Adjustable touch screen, remote control via smartphone, etc.. The Samsung NX300 is a hybrid with rather consistent features and that can get a little off the beaten track. But innovation must provide basic and photo, the primary point is the image. And it requires a good optical ...

With optical base - the classic 18-55 mm - the Samsung NX300 is nothing less than disappointing: clichés lack of pep, details are soft, the edges of the poor picture. It is different at all when replacing the basic zoom by another optical as the 30mm f / 2, the 12-24 mm f/4-5.6 or the 45 mm f/1.8. Thus equipped, the Samsung NX300 produces beautiful images, stitched with very accurate colors. The optical core Samsung therefore spoil the performance, yet very honorable, 20.3 megapixel sensor. If the optical kits are never brilliant, that Samsung is particularly poor. Yet the general public in the approach, the hybrid Samsung is therefore more to amateurs and experts, more likely to invest in the optics. 

If the novice is generally happy with the JPEG format, the keen amateur and experts swear by the RAW. This negative effect digital offers much more latitude for digital development: it occupies a lot of space on the memory card, it contains much more information. But you need a software to develop RAW files, and if the delivered software is free, they are generally poor, good software being them, dear. The good news is that the Samsung NX300 comes with a full version of Adobe Lightroom 4, a reference software development RAW - do not worry, it also works with JPEG files, but offers less potential. In any case, Samsung is the only manufacturer to offer the public a real software development digital - Leica, but the prices of devices are not the same.

ISO up to 1600 or 3200 in RAW, the Samsung NX300 offers a good climb at high sensitivities. With good optics the Samsung NX300, the sensor APS-C of Samsung NX300 is thus on a par with the entry level DSLR on this point. The side of the frame rate, the camera pushes 8 i / s for two seconds (15 frames max) JPEG. RAW, the buffer memory in the machine allows only 4 i / s on 5 consecutive frames before slowing. A more aggressive burst mode is available (30 i / s, max 40 images), but it uses the electronic shutter and clichés are only 5 Mpix.

An update that saves him setting, Faced with the onslaught of products this summer, we did not had time to write the testing of Samsung NX300. But between our first grip and writing this article, Samsung has released a major update of the firmware (internal program) of the device. And that changes everything. In Version 1.0, the device was slow to focus and found himself completely frozen at the end of burst - time to finish writing all the images. Now, the Samsung NX300 offers a solid response and menus, though slow, are finally accessible even when it continues to write the photos on the memory card. If the Samsung NX300 is not as swift in its class, Samsung has caught up. But keep it to say, if you purchase a Samsung NX300, remember to update!

The photo market is saturated, it is difficult for non-traditional brands to get a place in the sun. With its success in the mobile phone, Samsung has consistently bet on connectivity. The  Samsung NX300 and has NFC pairing and Wi-Fi connectivity, Control of the device via the Samsung Smart Camera application and offers basic control of the device remotely. Because the device is charged via a Micro USB port and not an external charger can even use the camera and smartphone application as a small CCTV system. Still images are recorded in 2 or 20 Mpix on the memory card, and a preview of 1616 x 1080 pixels can be sent to a smartphone for quick sharing on social networks.

If the Samsung NX300 is equipped with a hot shoe, it is automatically occupied by the mini-flash comes in the box. And for good reason: the case of the Samsung NX300 has no built-in flash. This is unfortunate because the device loses compactness. Already his perspective is cumbersome, but so rigged, it is not much smaller than a small SLR. The side of handling the camera is rather ergonomic and appreciate his wide swivel touch screen, although we would have appreciated it switches to 180 ° to provide a self-portrait mode.