Samsung NX2000 Review
As befits a mirrorless system camera, the Samsung NX2000 is light, compact and portable so. All the more impressive act since their features: the 20.3 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor in terms of resolution and an imaging area of 23.5 times 15.6 millimeters in its class right up there.
Also, the 3.7-inch full touch screen display sets new standards in the mirrorless system camera. The requirements for good pictures are so there, but what does that mean in practice? We tested the NX2000 with the kit lens 20-50 mm 3.5-5.6 II Lens NX i-Function in the laboratory and in everyday life on their quality.
Samsung NX2000 – Ergonomics and processing.
The well-made plastic housing of the NX2000 is very simple. The slim camera body has a fluted beaded handle, which provides support when shooting or carrying the camera. The rear is dominated by the 3.7 inch touch display, which dissolves 1,152,000 pixels, and thus in terms of detail is right up there. The Samsung NX2000 is operated almost exclusively through this touchscreen. The back has otherwise only a home button, the playback button and a video key.
The trigger is enclosed by the on-off switch, there is a direct link individually assignable button and a wheel not labeled with which one determines the touch panel to the respective program mode. For example, the automatic timer, it can be said about wheel after pressing the desired f-number set.
This function changes the wheel does not open up by itself, but is a clever solution to as much space for the display of Samsung NX2000. To make available and at the same time can easily adjust aperture and time.
The touch screen is very responsive, which makes operation faster overall. Through features like touch autofocus the hit rate of images is quite high with a properly seated point of focus. The menu of the NX2000 is clearly structured and clear. It gets along well and the manual should be very rarely consulted. There is every menu item with an ” i ” for information. If you touch it, explains the camera, which said menu item causes.
With direct access, user interface also helps the FN menu and the button iFn the kit lens, in our case, the NX lens 20-50 mm 3.5-5.6 II i-Function. If you press the button, you can change either via the touch screen or adjusting iZoom, aperture, shutter speed, ISO speed, exposure compensation in 1/3 EV increments, and white balance. Smart Auto with Scene or preset programs which does not work.
Included with the NX2000 kindly included a spare battery. A mini-shoe mount comes with the same camera. He can always be replaced by a larger flash unit. Also an optional GPS module offers Samsung, which can also be plugged into the system boot.
The door for USB and HDMI connection is easy to open and snaps securely shut. The metal tripod mount is located on the optical axis and far enough away from the battery and memory card compartment to change even when the battery can use the tripod. The NX2000 stored on microSD cards.
Samsung NX2000 – Equipment.
Anyone familiar with Samsung’s NX cameras is the NX2000 expect nothing but a wide range of different functions. And the NX2000 can definitely meet high standards. In the automatic mode, it is sufficient for simply press the button and the camera does the rest makes them so good that you like to list as the experienced photographer the easy way.
The expert mode includes the automatic program, the time and aperture priority, manual Samsung NX2000 NX Lens 20-50 mm 3.5-5.6 II [Photo: North Media] mode and a custom setting in which three individually defined presets can be saved. When focusing manually, supports an optional five-or eight-fold increase in the focus area in control.
Who irritates the magnification, because the rest of the image it simply disappears, you can disable it. Even on the display, you can already judge very well what the result will look after triggering. Depending on the lens, Samsung offers a manual tracking autofocus, called Direct Manual Focus (DMF).
Particularly helpful in the rapid design image is the Touch AF, with which you quickly determine where the focus point is to sit. And even if the kit lens with F3 to F5, 5.6 is not one of the brightest. A creative image with a blurred background is very possible.
For video recording, Samsung uses the full HD resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels at 25 frames per second. The resolution can be gradually lowered to the proper e-mail format. With 1,280 x 720 pixels offer the NX2000 50 frames per second. A wind noise filter ensures acceptable sound recording outdoors. Additional facilities include a fader and the ability to play videos without sound slower or faster.
These is unusually many speeds to choose from. The auto focus tracking works with the Samsung NX2000 kit with NX Lens 20-50 mm 3.5-5.6 II [Photo: North Media] lens depending on lighting conditions very well and without the hassle of pumps. It may happen that the NX2000 loses focus, even when the subject is hardly moving.
Image Quality. The Samsung NX2000 makes strong requirements: a 23.5 times 15.6 mm (APS-C) large CMOS sensor and a high resolution of 20.3 megapixels. The sensitivity goes up to ISO 25,600. Whether this but 3.5-5.6 II i-Function fosters good pictures in conjunction with the NX Lens 20-50 mm, clarifies our laboratory test.
The lens is reflected in any case are brave and Samsung NX2000 in terms of sharpness waste, vignetting and distortion of his chance. Even fringing are limited and are also available in areas such as the screen and bezel with F3.5 barely perceptible to the naked eye.
That Samsung will appreciate a good image result, it shows in the resolution. From Aperture F4 creates the NX2000 it into the upper forties, sometimes even more than 50 line pairs per millimeter – at least in the image center. Wide angle and large aperture of the difference to the image edge can sometimes be 15 to 20 line pairs per millimeter.
As a result, the eight panel and is very much similar to linear in the closed shutters. That here but also in-camera image processing plays a major role, you can see the sharpness artifacts. There are problems here, although only in very specific situations, but almost 25 percent at 30 mm focal length and aperture F5.6 is not without.
When signal-to-noise the ratio, the NX2000 also suggests quite well. Up to ISO 1,600 keeps them above the threshold of 35 dB. The trace then falls off so much that images are unusable in areas of very high ISO 12800 and 25600 and ISO 3200 and 6400 are also recommended in an emergency.
Weak image signals such as fine image details with low contrast are superimposed on the noise signal. The details are below. The texture sharpness of this result is in accordance to ISO 1600 quite decent, moves up slightly blurred area in 6400 and then drops off. The grain size in compliance with the absolutely green.
The luminance noise shows a similar behavior as the color noise. Visible until acceptable up to ISO 1,600, shoots the trace to the end of the sensitivity range up steeply. Very brave the NX2000 fails when input dynamics.
Up to ISO 800, it creates constant ten f-stops, ISO 1600 at least of 9.6, then it goes down significantly. When starting the tone scale NX2000 shows a good performance up to ISO 800, but at ISO 1600 may represent already juster under half of the 256 possible gray levels.
The tone value reflects a crisp image result that is shown in contrast. Averaged color variations go in order, cyan and orange tones are sometimes shifted toward yellow. The white balance is true in general. In the autofocus speed, the NX2000 lands with 0.47 and 0.57 seconds for wide-angle and telephoto in the middle. Nevertheless, it proves particularly in practice as a fleet escort with very reliable-working autofocus.
Samsung NX2000 – Conclusion
When Samsung NX2000 has made things right. The large sensor and high resolution help the mirrorless system camera at a good image results up to ISO 1600. In particular, the lens is very well matched to the camera. Through its automatic function, the camera is ideal for newcomers to the mirrorless system camera segment, but it also provides full manual control and a variety of settings for experienced photographers.
Beautiful, light and compact it is an ideal companion for travelers. The creative photographer provides enough room for the image design with beautiful bokeh.
- 20.3MP CMOS Sensor
- SMART features - Social Media Upload, E-mail, Direct Link, Mobile Link, PC...
- Hybrid Autofocus System
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