Sunday, 13 July 2014

On behalf of NX 30 users everywhere, Thank you, Samsung.

Hi there,
             As you will know, if you've been reading about my activities with the Samsung NX 30. I am impressed with the camera on the whole, but one little thing was spoiling my interaction with the device. Every time that I switched the camera on, the AF point would be off centre. Now, you may not have noticed this in your camera, but here is the way to spot it immediately. Go into the camera menu, and select the show grid option. Set this to 3 x 3, (meaning the screen / VF, shows the "rule of thirds," style grid). Now, when you switch the camera on, you can clearly see that the AF point is not in a central position. As I have stated before, this problem was not a, "deal breaker," more than just an irritation. To move the AF point to the central position one only had to press the OK button, which activates the AF point, movement option. Then press the right hand part of the ring around the OK button, then press the OK button again. The AF point is now central, but, be aware, if the camera is switched off, and later back on again, the AF point will need to be "re-centralised," ( if there is such a word, if not remember, you heard it here first).   ;-)    But I digress, since last Saturday, 12th July there has been a firm ware update available for the NX 30, which has, among other fixes, sorted out the problem of the, "wandering," AF point. On our camera, the AF point has remained in the central position since performing the update. Yay, now I can get on with enjoying this camera, and maybe seeing if there are any other little things that I dislike, although I must say, the image quality, ( IQ ), is NOT a problem with this camera. It is every bit as good as the NX 300, which was a lovely camera. There is a rumour doing the rounds, that Samsung will introduce a new camera early 2015 which will be called the NX 400. Now, as this is only a rumour at the moment, we cannot really say anything about it, except, looking at Samsung's camera numbering method it will be a direct replacement for the NX 300. The NX 300 was, of course a "RANGEFINDER," style camera, having no VF at all. If the 300, had been given the fully articulated screen of the NX 30, it would have been perfect for my use. But the sensor used in the NX 300, and now, ( with techno tweaks ), is now getting a little long in the tooth. So, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Samsung were to bring the NX 400 into existence, that it contains a new sensor. But this is just supposition on my part at the moment.
We are off back to thw Museum pf Welsh Life, ay St. Ffagan's today, as there are more thimgs that I want to test with the NX 30, which, to date, with the new FW update, is performing well.
                                                     Take care now, and have a great day.
                                                        Regards, Twm.

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