Hi there, no further images I'm afraid, (YET), but.....................................

Hi,
 As the title says, no further NX39 images for now as the weather has conspired against us here in Wales. So I'm presuming that you do not want to see any further photo's of little shells and such, never mind how detailed they are. For now, as a little taster for Photokina in Cologne, in a few days time, here is a little more of the rumour of the supposed forthcoming Samsung NX1 camera, This is supposed to be the companies first foray into the Pro market of cameras. I'm sure, we all wish them well with this venture. The info, so far is as follows:-

NX1 will be announced in Photokina 2014.

2nd generation of PD AF. It will be interesting to see how it will perform compared to A6000.

Totally new sensor and engine. Significant improved IQ.

Surprise!!! NO Retro style!

NX1 is not definitely designed for light user, but more for professional/advanced user. Yes, it is THE flagship of NX line up.

NX1 is expected to be a great AF performer.

Taking these points as they are listed. I'm sure the 2nd generation of PD AF, will be welcomed by all. Let's hope that it lives up to the expectations of all Samsung users.

Totally new sensor and engine. Oh my, I'm drooling here, Significantly improved IQ, Oh boy, I already love the Samsung IQ with their NX range of cameras, that they have now. The rumour, although not mentioned in this list is, that it will be a 28MP sensor, dribble, dribble, drool.  ;-)

No RETRO style. Well, being no fan of RETRO cameras by any manufacturer, I can only say I'm glad about this.

NX1 designed for Pro/ Advanced user. To be the Flagship of the NX range.
Oh boy, I can only hope, and pray, that I get my hands on one of these, to try out.

Expected to be a great AF performer. Well it would have to be if it is intended to be aimed at the PRO/ADVANCED level of photog, wouldn't it?

I really, really hope to get one of these to test, in the future. Also, it has not been leaked yet, but I hope that it has a fairly large, articulated rear screen, preferably of the AMOLED variety. Come on Samsung, you can do it, YAY!

      That's all the info that I have at the moment folks, but stay tuned, one can never tell when anything else will come to light.

                           Regards to you all. Take care, Twm.

The internet is buzzing with Samsung's possible announcements.

Hi there guys,
                        Well, as the title says the internet is buzzing. The cause of the interest? Well it's Samsungs forthcoming, (possible/probable?), announcement of a Professional level camera. This camera has been labeled,  (rightly or wrongly), the Samsung NX1. For a look at the rumour, click the link below.


http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/an-exciting-announcement-is-finally-coming-from-samsung

Please note, after the rumour, the author goes to, "tongue in cheek," mode, with the description of the camera. Personally, I would hope that it is smaller, than the Samsung Galaxy NX, but I guess it would have to be bigger than the NX30. For me, personally, I still love the first Samsung camera that I got from the NX range. This was, of course the Rangefinder style NX300. This INHO, is the ideal camera for me, I'm speaking, of course, of its size. The 300 has a great size rear screen, (shame about the fact that you can't see it in bright sunlight, with out adding an anti glare screen to it). If it could have been made, the same size, and fully articulated, it would have been perfect, for me at least.

But, I digress, back to the news. This camera, the NX1 will be, if true, Samsungs first foray towards the Pro market. The camera specs. at least, look very promising. Let's hope that more people will see Samsung for what they really are. That is a very efficient, capable, and trustworthy camera company. They are NOT just an appliance company, although they do that as well. In our household we have three Samsung mobile phones, one Samsung fifty inch 3D television, a Samung 3D Blu Ray player. But besides the point that these items were all manufactured by Samsung, they were all made by different divisions of the parent company. For instance, Sony make televisions, DVD players, AND cameras. Panasonic make things as diverse as vacuum cleaners, washing machines, telephones, and numerous other devices too. Yet nobody tries to belittle these companies for being appliance  minded companies. The support that Samsung gives to its camera owning people, is second to none, with constant updates of firmware for the cameras. So I hope that people WILL take a look at Samsung, for future camera purchases. By the way, I am not a Samsung employee, just an enthusiastic owner of their cameras.

                  All for now guys, take care. Regards Twm.

Hi there, here I am still relishing the experience of Samsung's NX30 camera, and................

Over the coming weeks, I shall not be using the 18-55m.m kit lens exclusively, although I will use it at times. No, I have decided to use some excellent PRIME lenses that I happen to own, namely the Pentax 50m.m DFA f1.4, and the Schneider-KREUZNACH   D-XENON f2.8 100m.m MACRO lens. In the case of the latter, you should know that this was a Samsung lens, manufactured by Pentax under licence from Schneider themselves. Both of these lenses have excellent resolution properties, and should test the Samsung sensor out. I have not, as yet decided where to go to conduct the tests, but as much as possible, we will be out and about with the NX30 and probably the NX 300 as back up with two leagacy lenses in the bag. Of course one has to keep in mind, that at this time of year,  in the UK, and more especially, here in Wales, the weather can play havoc with any ourdoor activity that is planned, but I assure you that I will do my best to get some tests done. In around six weeks we are going to Mid Wales, Aberystwyth, in fact so I hope to get a lot of images from that area. This is going to be an enjoyabel trip, as we haven't been there for a number of years now, but we used to go at least once a year.

I have been reliably informed the Chancellor of OUR Exchequer, ( my long suffering, "other half"), that we shall probably be going somewhere over next week end, as it is a Bank Holiday here in the U.K. So that should make for some sort of photography for the lenses that I've detailed above. But, in the meantime I've put another image below for you to look at. This time it is NOT a Jackdaw, but a lrger member of the same Genus a Crow. But my intent was the same, look at the detail in the birds feathers, and its eye. This was taken with the 18-55m.m kit lens, so hopefully, as imressivae as this image is, remember, it is ONLY a kit lens ;- ), things should only get better from here. I mean of course in using the higher quality prime lenses. Anyway here is the Crow.

This a great example of the quality that you get with the Samsung kit lens. This is why I keep saying that the Samsung 18-55m.m lens must be THE best kit lens available today, from ANY manufacturer.
Take a look athe the 100% crop below. Look at the birds eye detail,

Also, apart from just the eye, look at the feather detail. This is a SOOC jpg file. I have done nothing whatsoever to this image.
                                         Well that's all for now. Take care everyone.
                                           Regards to all, Twm.

The Samsung NX 30 does the business...very well.

Hi there, this little camera, the NX30 and its 18-55m.m kit lens never ceases to amaze me. I was standing on my front door last week, wondering what to take photo's of, (well, doesn't everyone do this?), and a couple of Jackdaws settled on the overhead power cable. Now in case you don't know, a Jackdaw is a small member of the Crow family of birds. It measures around twelve or thirteen inches, beak to tail. I pointed the camera skyward in Shutter Priority mode, and waited. As the two birds flew off I pressed the shutter release. Now these birds were around twenty five, to thirty five feet away from me. The photos below are straight out of camera jpgs.

Nothing remarkable in that photo, I hear you say...................BUT...................Take a closer look, look at the texture, in the wood of the telegraph pole, and better still. Look at the image FULL size, and take note of the eye of the bird on the right hand side of the pole.

IMHO, this image is one of the best, that I have taken to demonstrate the IQ of the sensor and kit lens pairing. I know, I have been raving over the lit lens since May 2013, when i first came into contact with one, on the Samsung NX300 camera. But it NEVER ceases to amaze me. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, here. The 18-50m.m lit lens is one of, if not THE finest kit lenses to be manufactured today, and that is including ALL the major camera makers out there, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, etc. etc.

But, as I said, the above images are SOOC, (Straight Out Of Camera jpgs.Take a look at the images below, and see what you get with just a little bit of p.p'ing, (Post Processing). The difference is not huge, but there is an improvement. I would be quite happy, though, to use the original SOOC images for any use whatsoever. This range of cameras, from Samsung, the NX range, is the first cameras that I have bee totally confident, and pleased with, to be able to use them in Jpg mode, and not have to capture the image in RAW format. Then to "develop," and process each individual image to get the best possible result, is nothing short of the proverbial PITA, lol. Imagine, going away on holiday and coming back with a pile of images that you then have to spend many hours, working on to get them to a quality that you are happy with. I took 450 odd images in Germany last year, using an NX300, that I spent only a short time, on some of them, not all, and everything was great. Samsung have come a long way in their short time tuning out these cameras. In my opinion, things can only get better, for Samsung, and their users. But take a look at the images below that have only had minor p.p'ing done to them. First one is the full image of the birds.

See, as I told you, there is nothing dramatic in the difference of the SOOC pics. and the P.P'd pic. Just to emphasize the point. Below is the 100% crop of the image.

Well, that's all for now guys. Take care, until we meey here again. My regards to you all, Twm.

More proof of the quality of the Samsung NX30 with the 18-55m.m kit lens.

Hi, there. Just in case you doubted it, and need more proof. Here are some more pics of my, "not so beautiful model."  The slug. As I have told you before. The quality of the final image, is dependant upon what the lens and sensor can capture. If the capture is of poor quality, then the resultant final image will not be that good either. But in the case of the Samsung NX30 and its 18-55m.m kit lens, I think the pairing is just about perfect, (for a kit lens that is). Of course, I could have got an even more detailed image by using my Schneider Krauznach 100m.m MACRO lens. But, in doing so, I would only have proven that the sensor itself is doing a good job, as the MACRO lens would have picked uo very fine details in the texture of the slugs skin etc. But, by doing this shoot with the kit lens, I have proven what a good combination the lens and sensor are, when taken together, as a whole. As I stated in my earlier post here, all the slug pics were pp'd with exactly the same settings in my photo editing programme, which is PSP X4.

Below is the first image that I would like to show you. This is the SOOC jpg. It is the slug with its mouth open. It looks like someone that I know, blowing kisses, (lol). Seeing this shot, you will notice that the pic looks a little soft. But the information is there, within the image, and hasn't been destroyed by poor, in camera image processing, or a poor lens. Just look at the hole in the side on this creature, it's a wonder that it can live at all with a hole that size in it.

If you click on theis image and get it to a larger size you will see the slugs mouth, it looks as if it is blowing kisses.  ;-)

Now, below is the pp'd version of the exact same image. Don't forget, I have used only two of the many, different editing tools available in PSP X4, (yes, I know this is an old vesion of PSP, and it is up to X6 now). But, as I have said before, "If the information is not held in the image, one cannot put it back." Well not without a heack of a lot of care, and work. Neither of which am I blessed with.

There, now one can see the difference. Look at the hole in its side, and the mouth itself.

I am pleased with these images, and glad that I had a phone call to get to mu daughters house with a camera quickly. I've never seen a slug eating bread before, either. But this one did, I'll show you, and explain more later. Bye for now.       Take care, and have a great day. Regards, Twm.

I've told you before, now, here is the proof.

Hi there,
              I know you heard me before preaching on here about how great the Samsung NX 30 is when paired up with the 18-55m.m kit lens. Here is proof. I took a series of pics the other day of a slug. Yes that's right, a common garden pest, the slug. Now the images are NOT processed form RAW, no they are SOOC jpgs, that I have taken into PSP X4 and only used two commands to post process them. The two commands used were Colour/Fade Correction, with a value of 25, and Fill Light/Clarity with values of 44 for F/L, and, 0 for Clarity. These processes remained constant for the complete set. Below is the first image, this is the straight out of camera jpg.

A nice image yes, but nothing special. But wait, look at the same image below, after using PSP X4 with only slight adjustments.

Now then, there is a heck of a difference in this image, isn't there? Now, my point herre is, if the information is not in the image in the first place, there is nothing much that can be done about it. But take a look at both images, and see the diffence in the skin texture of the second one. I will show you some more later in the week, but suffice to say, I am very pleased with the images that this pairing from Samsung produces. Take a look at another, of the same "model," below.

This image was captured using the NX 30's izoom feature, at x2. Izoom is only available when using Samsung NX lenses, as this is a button on the camera lans itself that is used to access this feature. It is basically a crop of the size that the image would have been, if one was not using the izoom. But I find it incredibly convenient to have this available at the time of shooting, rather than having to do it on the pc at home. Below, is the exact same image, p.p'd in PSP X4 using the same settings as detailed above.

Quite a difference isn't there? But as I said, "If the datils are not in the original, then an Image Editting program cannot put them there." As you can see in the shot above, the 18-55m.m kit lens has captured the details, and PSP X4 has brought them out.

All for now, thanks for looking. Take care and have a great day.

Best wishes, Twm.