The Samsung NX 300 and 18-55 m.m kit lens "does" West Wales

All images displayed here were taken using a SAMSUNG NX 300, and the 18-55 m.m kit lens.
This place has images all over the internet, and is frequently labelled as, "One of the best beaches in the world. I refer, of course, to Barafundle Bay. It has a curving, quite wide, and quite deep beach, that is light golden sand, with a beautiful blue sea.

This is a National Trust property, that is completely unspoiled. Please keep it as such if you visit. The beach itself is around a twenty minute walk from the car park. The walk invilves some steep steps up to the path, then a walk along the cliff tops, though not near the cliff edges. Then, when you reach the wall, that overlooks the beach, there are a lot of stone steps down to the beach itself, so, sadly this beautiful place is not accessible to wheelchairs. So some disabled people wukk not be able to get there. Take advice from the National Trust Wardens that are normally on duty at the car park. Having said that, I present to you, Barafundle Bay.

Also while there we went to Fishguard, (Abergwaun), and had a lovely meal in the Royal Oak, on the square there. This was the site of the signing of the peace treaty that signalled the end of the Last Invasion of Britain, in 1797. The plaque above the front door of the pub tells us this. I wont bother you all with the historic details about this time in our history, as you can "Google," for the details yourself, if you feel so inclined. This is the pub itself.

We also visited the lighthouse at Struble Head. This is a spectacular outlook over the Atalantic Ocean. If you look at the lighthouse, you can see the light is on. This is another trip worth making, if only for the sea scapes from there.

We also visited Saunderesfoot and its beach, which although not as nice as the one at Barafundle Bay, is more easily accessible. This beach is just off the road, so is reachable for anyone. which shows by the people there. While it is not overcrowded, there are a lot more people there, than at Barafundle Bay.

 

 

While at Fishguard, we went for a walk along Pen Slade and took lost of photos of Fishguard Lower Town. This is the place where Dylan Thomas' "Under Milkwood," was filmed. Also "Moby Dick," was made here. Though, you will have to use your imagination, as the houses and buildings had false fronts fitted, to make everthing look more, "Olde Worlde," in keeping with the era that was portrayed in those two films.

 

 

That's all for now folks. Keep safe, and we'll speak soon. Kindest regards, Twm.

 

Well the NX 300 and I are going to W. Wales this week end.

So I'm hoping for lots of Bee, flower, and hopefully butterfly images, to bring back. I am getting the photpgraphic equivalent of, "writers block," being around here continuously.
The AF of this Samsung NX 300 with it's 18-55 m.m. kit lens is brilliant, I have not failed to catch anything that I've attempted to photograph so far. While down West, we will be travelling to a National Trust area, that has a lot of birdlife. Now, being a N.T. area, the birds are fairly "tame," knowing that the people there will not harm them. Let's see what I can get there, in terms of images of our feathered friends.
In the meantime here is an image of a bee, from our last visit down there. The comments that I've had about this image, vary from, "Wow, that's a chubby bee, " to things like, "See that bee should prove what science says, that bees should NOT be able to fly."   ;-)

 

This bee does seem to have, "plenty of packing," around it. It must be the sea air, and all the quality nectar available there.

Below id a 100% crop of this bee image.

with it's rather large waistline, and what looks like tiny wings compared, one would never think it possible that this, character can fly. But fly it did, lol.

Wonderful news about the Samsung NX 300

Hi there, anybody out there that has read my blog previously, will know that the only problem that I had with this wonderful little camera was the difficulty in viewing the screen in bright sunlight.

Well that problem has now been resolved, thanks to an accessory purchased from the internet. It is an Anti Glare, screen protector. This attaches straight onto the screen of the NX 300, It is a perfect fit and requires no tools, nor cutting to fix it. 

There is an item that you will need to fix the anti glare screen to the NX 300 screen. This item is a credit card/store discount card, or anything like that, to smooth out any air bubbles that may get trapped while fitting takes place.

The difference that this, add on, protector makes to the NX 300 screen is HUGE. It is now possible for me to view, frame and focus, or alter any settings in bright sunlight.

This has made the Samsung NX 300, with the 18 - 55 m.m. kit lens, "THE," perfect camera for me. My DSLR will be going up for sale shortly, along with the 4 lenses that I have for it.

I have shown two images below, the first is one of the NX's screen in bright sunlight, BEFORE I fitted the Anti glare screen protector. See below.

Notice in the above pic how difficult it is to see the focus point in the centre of the screen, and also the icons down the side of the screen which show the current settings.

The Fn button bottom right is barely visible, but the MENU button that should be on the bottom left is invisible, as is the exposure information along the bottom of the screen.

 

Scoot forward to the "AFTER" pic and "ET VOILA." What a difference, all icons are now visible. This has improved my experience with the Samsung NX 300 no end. The camera is now useable in all light conditions.

Below is the link for the item itelf. I ordered it on Monday, and it arrived on Thursday, marvellous service, especially when you take into consideration that it was shipped from Germany. Great service, great accessory. Well worth the money. It is very easy to fit this. I have arthritis in both hands, so my hands are not as good as they used to be, (to say the least, lol), but I fitted it with no trouble.

Sorry that the images above are not the greatest, but they were taken with my ancient Fuji bridge camera. But, you get the idea of the thing anyway. This is now, definately, the BEST camera that I have used to date, together with the 18-55 m.m lit lens this NX 300 beats my DSLR hands down.  :-) 

Take care, and all the best to you all. kindest regards, Twm.

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Low light shadpw shots in response to someone who asked for them.

Hi there, On a forum that I'm a member of, a person asked for some of these type shots, in order to be able to evaluate the Samsung NX 300's capability regarding noise handling at high ISO. These shots were all taken as ISO 3200, with shutter speeds of between 1.3 and 4 seconds.

This is ISO 3200 at 1.3 sec.

This is ISO 3200 at 1.6 sec.

This is ISO 3200 at 2 sec.

This is ISO 3200 at 2.5 sec.

This is ISO 3200 at 3 sec,

This is ISO 3200 at 4 sec.

These are not to bad IMHO. The person who asked for them must have thought so too, as he orphaned the thread, as soon as the images were there. Prior to seeing them, he wanted to argue, and run the NX 300 down, saying that it wouldn't be able to use high ISO, and long shutter speeds without putting horrible splodges of noise in the shadowed areas. He asked for these images, with the exact camera settings that I used. As I said, once the images were up, the thread was orphaned, even after I personally informed him that I had done as he had requested of me. It would seem that the SAMSUNG NX 300, with the 18-55 m.m kit lens, is a whole lot more camera, than he was expecting.  :-)     Regards to all, Twm.

Close up shots from the Samsung NX 300 camera and 18-55 m.m kit lens are amazing.

Hi there, I am still amazed at the quality of the close up shots from the Samsung NX 300. They are great. I've put three images here, The first is one of a little shell sitting in my hand, with the lens cap from the kit lens in shot too. This will give a perspective of the actual size of the shell. The second is of the shell, sitting on a piece of sawn timber. The third image is a 100% crop of the full sized image. These photo's are straight out of camera jpgs. They have not been processed in any way at all. The camera was hand held, I took the shots, dowloaded them, and put them here for you to see.
Image number one, the shell in my hand.

There, now you can see the size. Not very large, is it?

Now the second image, which is the complete photo. The shell is postioned on a small pice of sawn tree tunk that I came across while out walking one day. Remember there is no post processing on any of these images.

Look at the detail in that shell, and the saw marks in the timber.

Here is the third pic, it is a 100% crop of the full sized image above.

IMHO, these images are excellent, even more so, when one realises that they are from a kit lens, and not an expensive prime lens or a dedicated MACRO lens. I would not even think of comparing the kit lens IQ to the IQ of a MACRO lens. Although, I think I will have to do it for us to see one day. I am, at the moment waiting for a company to get a stock of the lens adapter that I need to be able to mount my Samsung 100 m.m f2.8 Macro lens onto the NX 300 camera. The reason for needing the adapter is, my MACRO lens is for my Samsung GX 10 camera, which is a DSLR and teh camera mounts are not compatible, without this adpater. Come on guuys hurry up and get the stock in.  ;-)

Take care gang, speak soon. Regards, Twm.