Hi all, I am sorry that I haven't been around lately, but I've had an enormous amount of problems. In my personal life, my family life, and my Samsung life. But it is good to be back.
Traversing the web these days will bring you into contact with a lot of stories about Samsung leaving the photography business. I have to tell you, I know nothing about this, either way, but the continued silence from Samsung themselves does not generate any confidence in people. I myself have got rid of all my Samsung gear, except for my, (now ancient, in digital camera terms), NX300. I've unloaded my GX10 DSLR, my Galaxy NX, and my NX30, along with a total of four zoom lenses, and two prime lenses. I am preparing for the worst, and will probably move my trust to Panasonic, as they have been around the photography world for a lot longer than Samsung, and are introducing some exciting new cameras lately, mainly the FZ1000, and the FZ300, (in the UK, the 300 is known as the FZ330). The first of these cameras, has a 1" sensor, and a lot of great features that we will look at on a later page. The FZ330 has a small sensor but a lot of great features, among them it is dust, and water resistant. That is not to say that you can take it out and submerge it in water, YOU CAN'T. it is water resistant, NOT water proof. But you can take it out in the rain for bad weather landscape shoots if that is what you are after. There should be no problems of dust on the sensor with this camera either, unlike DSLR's and the rest of the interchangeable lens cameras out there. The FZ1000, has a zoom lens of 25 - 400m.m, while the FZ300/330, has a zoom lens of 25 - 600m.m. They both have a fully articulated rear screen. But enough of this for now, as you can easily go to a good photography site, such as, www.dpreview.com to get all the info that you require, without me putting it all on here.
I shall, some time soon, be getting out and about with my beloved NX300, and taking some pics around the place.
Take care my friends, and have a great day.
Kindest regards, Twm.
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Monday, 6 April 2015
Uh, oh, Samsung, why have you done this?
Hi there, well after very mixed reviews of thier flagship model camera, the Samsung NX1. They, (Samsung), have already hurt their sales of the upcoming NX500, the new model of the NX300 camera. They have announced that the 4K video mode of the NX500 will, (unlike the NX1), be in a crop mode. In other words, instead of using the complete sensor output, the video will be cropped to the centre of the sensor. This is probably down to it using less processing power to it this way, than utilising the full output of the sensor. But, for anybody who wants to use the NX500 to do a bit of videography, as well as photography, this is very dissapointing news. The NX500 is now a "factory crippled," camera. The internet is full of complaints about this already, and the camera is not due to be released in the UK until May, I think.
Oh dear new information has emerged about the NX500, from Korea. If this info is correct, Samsung appear to have really dropped the ball with this new camera. Before it is even released, all the bad news about it is an ominous omen indeed. I have copied and pasted the info below. This news is via a reputable Korean member of the Samsung forum on DPReview who has not been wrong before with his news. :-(
Info below:-
Oh dear new information has emerged about the NX500, from Korea. If this info is correct, Samsung appear to have really dropped the ball with this new camera. Before it is even released, all the bad news about it is an ominous omen indeed. I have copied and pasted the info below. This news is via a reputable Korean member of the Samsung forum on DPReview who has not been wrong before with his news. :-(
Info below:-
There was a youtube video clip which shows NX500 continuous drive mode. That was taken in NX500 launching show in Korea on last Wednesday.
The video clip shows that NX500 continuous drive lasts only 3 shots and slowed down in RAW mode. Yes, 3 shots, not 3 seconds.
In JPG mode, it lasts only 1 sec or less.
In a photography forum in Korea, NX500 buffer size became huge issue today and people are rushing to cancel their pre-orders.
If you are interested in NX500 and can wait, I recommend you to wait and make sure it won't be any problem to you.
Sigh~~ :'-(
On a side note my NX30 camera has clapped out. It can no longer be turned on. I have contacted Samsung UK, who instructed me to send it to a company called DKAVS, at Horley in Surrey. Samsung contacted the company themselves, and DKAVS sent me a postage paid, bag with instructions to send it to their "service centre," at Horley in Surrey. A little while longer, and deeper into my story and you will see why I put the so called "Centre," into inverted comma's. I placed the camera into the bag, and mailed it on a Monday. Wednesday I got an email, saying the camera had been received, and was allocated a job number, A days later, Thursday, I received another email from the Tech. saying the camera had had its main PCB, (printed circuit board), replaced and had been mailed back to me. I thought that this was a very good service indeed, but that I'd wait to get the camera back in my hands before complimenting them, or giving any reaction to them. I received my camera back on Friday morning. The camera had been in their hands for one day, and had been "serviced," tested and mailed back to me. I eagerly took it out of its packaging and put a fully charged battery in. Switched it on to reset all the various menu items back, as I wished them to be. The switch, felt the same as when I had sent it, soft, no definite click, as to switching it on/off. I had told the Tech about this in a letter sent with the camera. Nothing, the camera would not turn on. I played with the on/off switch for a while. Still nothing. I put another NEW battery in the camera, and charged it until the LED turned GREEN, signifying a fully charged battery. After disconnecting the power supply I turned the camera on. Nothing, still dead. I immediately notified the Tech about it. Then I returned to trying the on/off switch. Success, the camera trurned on. I emailed the Tech. to tell him the camera was OK. He thanked me for the update. I turned the camera off, and carried on with other things. I returned to the camera on Saturday, switched it on and set the menu choices as I wished them to be. I took a few test shots and reviewed them on my PC. Satisfied that all was well, I switched the camera off and removed the battery, fearing that I would have no time to use it for a while. Things happened, and I fould myself with time on my hands on the Monday, so I replaced the new battery and went ot take some photo's. The camera had failed again. I could not turn it on. After trying for a while, I notified the Tech about it. A while later, he telephoned me, and after introducing himself, explained that he was "happy," to get the camera back into the. so called, "service centre," for another look, but didn't want to do so, until I had tried a few things for him. He asked me to ensure the camera was turned OFF, (now please, bear in mind the problem with the switch, that I had already told him about). Put it on charge, and, when it was charged to switch it ON, and he would call be back in an hour. I put the device on charge, noting the RED LED, indicating battery charging, and left it. I returned around every 15 minutes to check on its progress. After 90 minutes the LED turned GREEN, so I disconnected the power, and switched it ON. Nothing, no click, no life, the NX30 would not turn on. The Tech. did not phone back either.
Now, by the time I had done all this, the "service centre," has closed for the day, so my email was not received by them until Tuesday. The Tech. again, thanked me for the update and said he would be getting a prepaid bag out to me for mailing the camera, both batteries, and the USB lead to him for testing. I waited, until Friday, to see if I would recive the bag. Nothing form them at all. So I emailed him again on Friday, to tell him I had not received it. He told me that I was to pack the camera, and all the accessories that he had asked for, and he would get a bag off to me in the mail. It is not the following Wednesday, and if I do not get a bag in the mail today, I shall be contacting him again, and probably Samsung too with this tale of woe. Now can you see why, "SERVICE CENTRE," is in inverted comma's. "Service," what a laughable term for the treatment that this place offers.
I have now received the NX30 back, and guess what.....................the power switch has been replaced, and Lo and Behold, the camera works fine. Why won't these techcical people take notice, of what the owners tell them. Surely an owner would know the device in question, better than any Tech. After being told something about the said device, the first thing thhe tech. should have doem is to at least have a look at the item the owner had suggested. If this tech. in particular, had put a meter across the NX30's power swithch and operated it a few times, he would have seen that it was faulty. But no, knowing better than I, he replaced the camera's main PCB to,(in his words), elimanate the possibolity of an intermittent fault. So three week later one PCB replacemant, and finally he traces the fault, and cures it by replacing the power switch. Right Rant over, now I have that off my chest.
I will shortly be taking the NX300, and NX 30 out on some trips, so I will be bale to post a lot of images. Until then, my friends, take care of yourselves, and each other.
Have great day everyone. Kindest regards, Twm.
On a side note my NX30 camera has clapped out. It can no longer be turned on. I have contacted Samsung UK, who instructed me to send it to a company called DKAVS, at Horley in Surrey. Samsung contacted the company themselves, and DKAVS sent me a postage paid, bag with instructions to send it to their "service centre," at Horley in Surrey. A little while longer, and deeper into my story and you will see why I put the so called "Centre," into inverted comma's. I placed the camera into the bag, and mailed it on a Monday. Wednesday I got an email, saying the camera had been received, and was allocated a job number, A days later, Thursday, I received another email from the Tech. saying the camera had had its main PCB, (printed circuit board), replaced and had been mailed back to me. I thought that this was a very good service indeed, but that I'd wait to get the camera back in my hands before complimenting them, or giving any reaction to them. I received my camera back on Friday morning. The camera had been in their hands for one day, and had been "serviced," tested and mailed back to me. I eagerly took it out of its packaging and put a fully charged battery in. Switched it on to reset all the various menu items back, as I wished them to be. The switch, felt the same as when I had sent it, soft, no definite click, as to switching it on/off. I had told the Tech about this in a letter sent with the camera. Nothing, the camera would not turn on. I played with the on/off switch for a while. Still nothing. I put another NEW battery in the camera, and charged it until the LED turned GREEN, signifying a fully charged battery. After disconnecting the power supply I turned the camera on. Nothing, still dead. I immediately notified the Tech about it. Then I returned to trying the on/off switch. Success, the camera trurned on. I emailed the Tech. to tell him the camera was OK. He thanked me for the update. I turned the camera off, and carried on with other things. I returned to the camera on Saturday, switched it on and set the menu choices as I wished them to be. I took a few test shots and reviewed them on my PC. Satisfied that all was well, I switched the camera off and removed the battery, fearing that I would have no time to use it for a while. Things happened, and I fould myself with time on my hands on the Monday, so I replaced the new battery and went ot take some photo's. The camera had failed again. I could not turn it on. After trying for a while, I notified the Tech about it. A while later, he telephoned me, and after introducing himself, explained that he was "happy," to get the camera back into the. so called, "service centre," for another look, but didn't want to do so, until I had tried a few things for him. He asked me to ensure the camera was turned OFF, (now please, bear in mind the problem with the switch, that I had already told him about). Put it on charge, and, when it was charged to switch it ON, and he would call be back in an hour. I put the device on charge, noting the RED LED, indicating battery charging, and left it. I returned around every 15 minutes to check on its progress. After 90 minutes the LED turned GREEN, so I disconnected the power, and switched it ON. Nothing, no click, no life, the NX30 would not turn on. The Tech. did not phone back either.
Now, by the time I had done all this, the "service centre," has closed for the day, so my email was not received by them until Tuesday. The Tech. again, thanked me for the update and said he would be getting a prepaid bag out to me for mailing the camera, both batteries, and the USB lead to him for testing. I waited, until Friday, to see if I would recive the bag. Nothing form them at all. So I emailed him again on Friday, to tell him I had not received it. He told me that I was to pack the camera, and all the accessories that he had asked for, and he would get a bag off to me in the mail. It is not the following Wednesday, and if I do not get a bag in the mail today, I shall be contacting him again, and probably Samsung too with this tale of woe. Now can you see why, "SERVICE CENTRE," is in inverted comma's. "Service," what a laughable term for the treatment that this place offers.
I have now received the NX30 back, and guess what.....................the power switch has been replaced, and Lo and Behold, the camera works fine. Why won't these techcical people take notice, of what the owners tell them. Surely an owner would know the device in question, better than any Tech. After being told something about the said device, the first thing thhe tech. should have doem is to at least have a look at the item the owner had suggested. If this tech. in particular, had put a meter across the NX30's power swithch and operated it a few times, he would have seen that it was faulty. But no, knowing better than I, he replaced the camera's main PCB to,(in his words), elimanate the possibolity of an intermittent fault. So three week later one PCB replacemant, and finally he traces the fault, and cures it by replacing the power switch. Right Rant over, now I have that off my chest.
I will shortly be taking the NX300, and NX 30 out on some trips, so I will be bale to post a lot of images. Until then, my friends, take care of yourselves, and each other.
Have great day everyone. Kindest regards, Twm.
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Well the NX1 has hit the shelves, or.....................................................
Hi there, The NX1 has hit the shelves, or at least some of them. The internet is full of news about it. A lot praising it, and one or two, claiming it is no good whatsoever. Of course there are always people who will try to detract from somethings value or usability. Some out of pure jealousy, and some out of pure spite. But for whatever reason, it cannot be doubted that the new Samsung NX1 is a superb image making machine, (or camera to you, and I). It is in a class of its own, as there is no other camera out there, not even the Full Frame, insanely expensive offerings from Canon or Nikon. that can do 4K video. This is a market first, and it's a Samsung product, to boot. Who'd have thought it?
After I wrote this, I'm afraid I had to put it to one side, as life, and Christmas, conspired against me. It apperas that my time as a Samsung Imagelogger has come to an end, as I have not been chosen to work on the NX1 program with Samsung. This is the first time, since the introduction of the NX300, that they have left me out. Oh well, there's nothing else to do now, but to wait for some decent weather and get out and about with the Samsung NX300, (my favourite Samsung camera to date), and the NX30. I'm hoping for a nice day towards the end of this month, (January), when I shall be boing to the seaside for a winter walk. I look forward to seeing what sort of wildlife is around. I'm betting it will be only gulls. But I'll do my best and see what I can find to photograph.
All for now. Take care, Twm.
After I wrote this, I'm afraid I had to put it to one side, as life, and Christmas, conspired against me. It apperas that my time as a Samsung Imagelogger has come to an end, as I have not been chosen to work on the NX1 program with Samsung. This is the first time, since the introduction of the NX300, that they have left me out. Oh well, there's nothing else to do now, but to wait for some decent weather and get out and about with the Samsung NX300, (my favourite Samsung camera to date), and the NX30. I'm hoping for a nice day towards the end of this month, (January), when I shall be boing to the seaside for a winter walk. I look forward to seeing what sort of wildlife is around. I'm betting it will be only gulls. But I'll do my best and see what I can find to photograph.
All for now. Take care, Twm.
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