Samsoung: Innovation on the shelf

The NX100's Samsung makes world's rare cameras: bringing into something new, more meaningful gimmick
One of the most unexpected can be a digital camera with rotating lens is innovation. If control gimmicks pocket cameras, camera stand out Achshmtertam cause of thousands of landscape models that look almost identical, cameras with rotating lenses (not necessarily SLR cameras, and later) the companies are afraid to bring big changes.This is a tradition: people for whom photography becomes a hobby in which they invest enough to buy expensive camera - lenses relative to start a collection, even a photo off practitioners. Canon and Nikon if they (God forbid), will find that many of the same features. Innovation comes the hardware, not the interface.Then came a new category of cameras. Micro Systems Four-Thirds - Digital cameras with rotating lenses, but those that can not be called Single-lens reflex (SLR), because they have no mirror system reflects what occurs in the eye lens. These smaller cameras, no optical viewfinder, serve as another link between the simple pocket camera DSLR and the most advanced manual. A new category, there are also a lot more room for innovation, Samsung illustrates this well in NX100.

The secret is a lens
 
The NX100 is Samsung's new camera a mFT, comes to the market after the NX10 non - bad. Strategic decision, Samsung decided not to enter into an alliance created by Panasonic and Olympus to create a standard lens. Instead, the company launched the NX100 with two lenses do not fit any other camera. These lenses are one of the most significant leaps in the field of amateur photography seen in a long time.Samsung's leapfrogging mechanism comes in the form of i-Function places extra button on the lens. Manual photography modes or half - manual, clicking the button and rotate the focus ring allow you to control all camera settings are required. One click, and you have the control limit. More pressing, controlling exposure. Another click, control sensitivity. All the changes you make are reflected immediately on the camera screen, so you can understand what the photograph before the correct setting. Beyond that it is very convenient even for people who understand what they were doing when they set the exposure limit, this mechanism an excellent learning photography basics.Samsung would do well if you allow other companies to use this mechanism, it was patented. Giant would do well as a Canon or Nikon if the mechanism will incorporate all of their lenses. After two weeks of use NX100, I look at the sadness on my DSLR, it is not the function, and hopes that the next lens camera will buy i-Function.

Where the eyepiece?
 
But other lenses, there is also a body. And the body interesting. Is larger than most pocket cameras, smaller than that of SLR cameras. For fearful fingers of head of news was a smaller camera, but fearful of his fingers - a little - less of a technology editor managed to get used to the camera very quickly. It is also not very nice, but the aesthetics of the NX100 reminds us a bit of cameras produced in the Soviet Union during the previous century -70-80 - models that were primarily functional but kept the charm designs that will be clear to the Soviets as writing this review.If you arrive to NX100 SLR camera, and Mshatdregym from a pocket, you will be hard without the optical viewfinder. Camera size and the fact that you have to deal with the lens settings are conditioned Pavlov for many people to look into the viewfinder. Only here it comes as a prop separate, small screen and is actually not a true optical viewfinder. Another disadvantage is that the camera does not come with built-in flash, and it will need to buy separately if you need to shoot in the dark

Helps focus

 What about photography itself? Here the NX100 can not disappoint. Easy access Logidrotiah, settings versatility enough to determine almost any parameter within the image, the buttons are located in logical places. Our only problem was with that group of knobs shaped like a ring back: It's simple and convenient shake.Screen - which makes the absence of mesh is very important - is the Samsung Screen Amoled with coatings that allow a good view even in direct sunlight. Is also large enough to not need to strain when you try to understand if the image is focused when you use manual focus.And we are dealing with manual focus, to NX100 is a cool option: the moment when the camera detects that you are trying to focus manually on an item, it displays the document on-screen digital magnification, so you can understand better if the focus right. After finish playing with the setting, the camera will automatically zoom mode.The photographic and video at 720p there is no reason to dwell too much. Yes, the NX100 includes this possibility, and, in camera image stabilization mechanisms can cause movement of the camera to be relatively smooth, but still difficult for us to see someone using it Achabmclmat video. Is not convenient for this.

Going for gold
 
Ultimately, though Samsung's NX100 shows a significant jump in the cameras, but it is difficult to relate to it as the equivalent of DSLR cameras. We want to see some of its features more advanced models migrant women, but she herself is not advanced enough for professional photographers. Its price - about 3,000 shekels, you can buy a DSLR camera simple.What she did, this excellent mid camera. Is much more advanced pocket camera, and the possibility to change lenses also gives a value over the years to come. She will teach you the basics of photography, allows you to easily understand and experience directing frame, while not complicate you when you want to take a picture instantly, like a simple camera.