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The New new new samsung NX200 is the organization's fifth NX electric digital camera but only the third system style, and symbolizes a significant level up for the sequence. It's developed around a definitely new 20.3MP APS-C CMOS indication and secured in the series' first all-metal system. The outcome is a eye-catching electric digital camera of identical dimension to Sony's NEX designs but one that requires a rather different strategy.

Rather than providing a super-simplified personal interface for customers improving from point-and-shoots, then a very different way of more knowledgeable electronic digital photography lovers looking for to use the PASM techniques, Samsung's NX200 has just one, ongoing personal interface across all techniques. The organization seems to believe that a well-designed personal interface can be employed to newbies without decreasing the prospective for more knowledgeable customers. To this end, it has energized its personal interface, along with a simple exciting management show that it phone telephone phone calls 'Smart Board,' which provides obvious and immediate admittance to all the key getting alternatives.

Then there's the external style, which the organization explains as 'Retro Contemporary.' To us it looks like a more latest take on the style of the organization's NV100HD compact: fashionable, under-stated and unique. It's a great enhancement on the a little bit unlovable NX100, which seemed less like it had been developed and more like the NX10's internals had been rained with demolished distressing. Instead the NX200 has a smooth black steel system with a soft-feel colour defending to the keep that give a actual impact of quality.

Underneath it all, the NX200 becomes the first in the sequence to level away from the 14.6MP indication that can find out its history back to the processer used in the Pentax K20D/Samsung GX20. The newest indication uses definitely new structure that contains involved analogue-to-digital adjustment (an strategy Panasonic has used for some time now) that is developed to reduce disturbance.

In inclusion to the new plastic, New new new samsung has also re-worked the key components that go at the front part of it - a remodeled colour narrow variety to provide higher understanding and improved microlenses with small holes between them to improve mild catch, placed better the indication so that they can better cope with the mild getting the advantages of the indication at very indirect opinions from wide-angle relationships. The NX200 also functions a less significant noticeable low-pass (anti-aliasing) narrow and modern moir�-suppression handling.

On it cut part, the NX200 income 1080p30 movie ability and improved management over visibility in movie function, when in contrast to the NX100. The NX200 hasn't just obtained immediate admittance to movie getting, it's obtained M and S visibility techniques when in the devoted movie function.

So on documents the NX200 is obvious enhancement over its forerunner and places absolutely into the partner place within the mirrorless system electric digital camera place of the picture electric digital camera market. We've put the NX200 though our regular in-depth dpreview assessing, so research on to find out how the numbers and requirements change into real-life performance.

Samsung NX200 specification highlights

• 20.3MP APS-C CMOS sensor
• ISO 100-12800
• 1080p30 HD video
• 7 fps continuous shooting
• Clip-on external flash supplied
• 641k dot VGA-equivalent 3" OLED screen

Compared to the Samsung NX100

	Samsung NX200	Samsung NX100
Sensor	� 20.3MP APS-C CMOS	� 14.6MP APS-C CMOS
Body construction	� Magnesium Alloy/Plastic	� Plastic
Maximum shooting rate	� 7fps (up to 11 JPEG)	� 3fps (up to 10 JPEG)
ISO Range	� 100-12,800	� 100-6400
Accessory connector	� No	� Yes
Image processing	� 10 Smart Filters + 13 Magic Frames	� 7 Smart Filters
Video	� 1080p30	� 720p30
Video exposure modes	� P,A,S,M	� P,A
Battery life (CIPA standard)	� 320 shots	� 420 shots

Compared to the Sony-NEX-5N

The Samsung isn't quite as supermodel skinny as the NEX-5N but, overall, these two APS-C format cameras aren't too dissimilar in size.
The NEX is slightly smaller than the NX in every dimension, though, and so is its 18-55mm kit zoom lens compared to the Samsung 18-55mm OIS. The NX200 does offer a standard hotshoe, however, which the NEX doesn't. The NEX, in return, can accommodate an electronic viewfinder though, which the Samsung can't.
The NX uses its additional size to offer a more conventional control layout. The screen is also larger (they're both 3.0 inches diagonally, but the NX200's has an aspect ratio of 4:3 whereas the NEX-5N's is 16:9).

NX System lenses

Along with the NX200, Samsung has also been quietly expanding the NX system with a number of new lenses, resulting in one of the more comprehensive ranges amongst mirrorless systems. The shot above shows the NX200 surrounded with four new lenses Samsung had scheduled for release in 2011. From left to right:

• NX 60mm F2.8 Macro ED OIS SSA. This image-stabilized lens is capable of 1:1 macro, and uses an ultrasonic-type 'Super Sonic Actuator' autofocus motor, allowing full-time manual focus.
• NX 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 ED OIS. This superzoom also includes optical image stabilization, and has a switch to lock the zoom at 18mm for carrying.
• NX 85mm F1.4 ED SSA. A rather chunky, fast short telephoto 'portrait' lens, that currently has no direct equivalent in other mirrorless systems. This also uses an SSA autofocus motor, allowing full-time manual focus, and includes a distance scale.
• NX 16mm F2.4. This usefully-fast, wideangle pancake prime is just marginally larger than the popular 30mm F2.

In addition to the lenses above, Samsung had also promised a 16-80mm F3.5-4.5 OIS zoom. However, as far as we can tell, neither that lens nor the 85mm F1.4 have so far hit the shelves at the retailers. Nevertheless all the lenses, whether currently available or not, include 'iFn' buttons. For the 16mm F2.4 and 18-200mm F3.5-6.3, this allows the manual focus ring to be used to change a range of other functions, just like on Samsung's previous lenses. However because the manual focus rings of the 60mm F2.8 macro and 85mm F1.4 are mechanically coupled to the focus groups, these lenses both include dedicated slimline iFunction rings placed close to the camera body.

Source:www.dpreview.com