Review of my favourite small travel camera, the Samsung NX Mini. / drosen7900 www.flickr.com/photos/happyfa... ---------------------- Music by Oleksandr Stepanov / penguinmusic pixabay.com/users/penguinmusi...
Someone in my local buy nothing group was giving this away for FREE! Imagine 😭 but now I’ve been obsessed with buying one for myself. I loveee the size, flip screen, and colors. This video was SO helpful. TY!
You forgot to mention that the samsung nx mini was offered in a bunch of body colors. When I'm browsing on ebay, the color that I see that sells out the fastest (like, the listing doesn't last a week) is...pink! :)
Good point! white, pink, mint, brown and black. Looks like there were a number of companies selling pink cameras back then - Samsung, Nikon, Sony, Pentax and Panasonic all seemed to have a pink model.
I recently re-purchased a Nikon 1 V1 after selling it some years ago. I always managed to get decent pics from it but could not use it as a backup to my dslr body. Since then i have wanted a mini/pocketable system for non photography trips. Using it now makes me realise how good the system was despite the bashing it recieved. It is also surprising how much tech was migrated to the Z system.
Nikon 1 is a very good alternative to the nx-mini system, with better AF and better lens choices. I'll be a doing a video on it sometime soon. I have a J5 but always wanted a V3 - something about modular system like that just fascinates me.
Also got my self a V1 + lots of lenses for bargain price. If you want better quality but very compact a Nikon Coolpix A might be an idea? I own one. Fixed 28mm f2.8 with great APS-C sensor, 16,2mp. I believe sensor of a Nikon D7000/7200? But the 28mm lens is made especially for the Coolpix A and it is really really sharp!
Nice analysis, thank you! Do you think the Samsung NX Mini could handle concert photography, either with stock lens or with another lens using an adapter (extremely hard to find these days)? If there's any possibility, how would you config it, please? My sister has this camera and I've been thinking about giving it a shot... or a few.
Probably depends a lot on the size of the venue - If you are far away, there are no great options. If you can get close, the 17mm will perform the best in low light, otherwise the 9-27mm is your only other choice. If you had the adapter, there would be options for longer lenses.
@@leadwhite1249see that’s the thing . I’m interested in this but a good zoom lenses that can blend in with the camera seems like a mission. It has to blend in as some venues don’t allow interchangeable lenses
The video is nothing exciting. It's 1080p 30, but the video auto focus is not good, so you have to use manual focus. I don't recommend this as a video camera.
Damn I wish Samsung had continue to make cameras. Thanks for sharing your experience, I kind of think I might try a NX 500. I have M4/3 lenses so I might just get a little Panasonic. Very nice photo's!
So I absolutely love this camera. I have one and I am going to say this outright. This camera is better than the Sony RX100 line. I absolutely 100% believe that outright. The only thing Sony got going for it is that they added EVF to the RX100. Other than that, the Samsung NX mini is a fantastic camera and I get really good video and photography out of this camera. The range of color that I get is fantastic and it’s the only camera that I own that I don’t color grade. I took some photos in the winter right after it snowed a few years ago, the brightness of the snow, and the depth of color that came from the clear blue sky, and the glistening of the snow on the trees was absolutely amazing and perfect and the depth of field was so good and the color depth range that I was able to get out of this camera I mean I have the Samsung NX1 and that camera takes fantastic pictures but when it comes to something that’s small and I can carry anywhere. The Samsung NX mini will never fail.
it was definitely a fun system when it came out, but I really doubt whether it can really compete with modern smartphones now, since some brands already equipped their flagship phones with 1" sensor.
I think it can for stills, although probably not in low light, but I don't have a $1500 smartphone to try it against. Against my S20 it's still night and day.
Recently did a few test shots of the same subjects with my Pixel 4 (admittedly a nearly 4 year old phone now) compared to this camera and the NX mini won out, especially for colour and macro shots as well as general quality. I am sure the latest Pixel / iPhone would be stiffer competition, but this camera definitely holds its own
I have this camera. Bought it new in the box but only have the lens it came with. As such it didn't meet my needs and eventually wound up settling on a point and shoot. I have a Canon Powershot sx740 hs which turned out to be awesome but it doesn't have a mic jack. So then I got the original ZV-1 which is also awesome but I often find myself going back to the sx740. The 24-960mm lens is worth having to carry a separate audio recorder.
So I have the 9 to 27 mm lens and that’s the only lens that I have for the camera currently but I feel like if that’s the only one you have it’s very usable and you can get a lot out of it and while I do see the advantage of getting the 9 mm lens And if you’re lucky enough to find the 17 mm lens go for it but I do think that there is still a lot of use that you can get out of the camera if you only have the zoom lens.
Hey, tahnks for the review! i stoubled across the nx series wiki page and i saw that a nx mini 2 should exist. Do you know anything about that? thanks!!
I was going to mention it on the video, but I cut it for time. They definitely designed an NX Mini 2, but it never went on sale, probably because Samsung gave up on the camera market around that time. From what I've seen, it had a black body, interchangeable front plates, and had 4k video. It's a real shame it was never released.
Recently, my 9mm pancake lens is no longer working properly, now, I am left with no option but to 3D print other lens mount to be put on the NX Mini. I manage to find E to NX-M mount adapter. I am planning to connect C to NX-M because those are small enough. Anything is better than having a camera that I can't use.
Sorry to hear your lens died. I used to have a c-mount adapter that I used with a variety of lenses, and it did work, but the results were not compelling.
I had heard they were getting hard to find, but didn't realize they were that hard. I've used Buyee.jp for buying stuff from Japanese auctions, but I'm not sure if there is a Korean equivalent.
Found a great deal on the nx mini with the 17mm and 9mm. The photos are so good, better than my iphone 15 pro. 9mm is pretty decent and makes it pocketable, so I don't think it's a gimmick actually. Really surprised with the images I got with this camera!
The ribbon cable in the lens will, at some point, break. That happened to mine. Ended up taking it to a place in Chicago to get it repaired. I would like to get the other 2 lenses but $$$
Haha, maybe someday I'll start up a hifi channel too! I build DIY speakers sometimes - these are from a design by Troels Gravesen using Fostex FE126E + Fountek NeoCD3 ribbon drivers. I built them well over a decade ago.
Finally, another enthusiast look into this camera in serious tone and dug up this hidden gem. Born in 2014, NX mini was seen as a shallow cosmetic camera for the selfie +cosmetic filter obsessed Asians. Back then people look into this camera as enemy of serious photography, and even me bought this selfie toy to my girlfriend (now my wife) knowing she is obsessed with selfies and IG. Eventually my gf used a few time and let our anniversary gift sucking dust. That is when i took that Barbie Pink nx mini for a test. At first, i test this camera with sense of despise, expecting it to perform poorly just like that Casio selfie junk... it is that night of field test then i realized camera is a no non-sense which features an 1" CMOS, full manual controls and tons of features to be discovered. Contarary to your view on the 9mm pancake, I actually quite like it given its small size and superb image quality. It literally convert Mini to a street snap beast with 24mm view. I have also acquired thr 9-27 a day earlier after watching your video. That is my second time using the 9-27mm, unlike my first one, which struggled alot to be sharp, this copy actually performs very well from 9-27. Perhaps 9-27 has a huge sample variations among copies and i was lucky to own a better lens this round.
Yes, I remember when it was new it was heavily promoted on makeup and beauty channels, not photography ones. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And everyone's favourite lens is different. I prefer a narrower field of view, personally, but if the 9/24mm FOV works for you - absolutely use it!
I connect the camera to my PC via a micro-usb cable, and then transfer the photos with lightroom. That way I don't need to remove the SD card, and it can charge my camera at the same time.
It definitely wouldn't be - I've done it for 2 of my other cameras, and the battery/sd access is on the side not the bottom. But unless you have the full-size NX lens adapter, I don't feel it's necessary, since the camera is so light.
Good review :) You should check Sony NEX 5r(t) with 16-50/3.5-5.6, it have same flip screen, almost same size, but - APS-C sensor, useful "speed booster" and many lenses! )
@@leadwhite1249 Yea, A5100 is a chip version of nex 5r )) I think Sony want to kill this line and make ugly A5000 series.. I`m very like my NEX 5r + compact 16-50, get him in my travel with few lens like 11-18мм, 50/1.8, 70-200/4 :)
The adapter model number is 'ed-ma4nxm', but it's extremely hard to find these days. You won't find it for sale, or if you do it will be very expensive.
@@leadwhite1249Is there no other adapter, one that is unofficial or made by China, that can be used for this camera? I saw on the internet that there are some but they don't leave the name or purchase link
Hi, i have samsung NX500, now,pictures can't be transformed directly to S21 ultra since Samsung Camera Manager can not be installed to S21 Ultra. NX500 has 28MP while S21 ultra mobile phone has 108MP, does this mean i can take better pictures using Samsung S21 ultra instead of using NX500 ? Please advise. Thank you.
The S21 has more megapixels than the NX500, but the actual image sensor inside the NX500 is about 5 times larger than the phone. Image quality is more about sensor size and lens characteristics than megapixels, so the NX500 is the better camera. But the S21 may be more convenient to use.
@@leadwhite1249 Yes and I usually use it on the tripod mount. But in the hand it’s pretty funny 😂. But the photos that come out of this is really beautiful. Really nice bokeh.
I literally just bought the 85 mm 1.4 lens for my Samsung NX1 I am desperately on the lookout for the mini adapter. I’ve seen it on sale before on a few Facebook groups that I’m in and both times it was over $1000 and unfortunately that was out of my price range so I was not able to buy it but the photos you take with the 85 mm lens on the NX mini Must look insane. It must be awesome. Taking pictures like that. Also that’s like a one and a half pound lens that’s ridiculous to hold.
Depends what lenses you are selling it with. To check used market prices, try filtering on Ebay for 'sold' items - that will show you what price it has been selling at recently.
@@leadwhite1249 ain’t no way you gonna find the 17mm lens but you know the 9mm lenses readily available everywhere. That being said, you don’t really need the 9mm land if you have the 9mm to 27mm lens where put the two things that are nearly impossible to find our full-size adapter and the 17mm lens
Hi, I recently found this camera while thrifting, unfortunately, it only was the body. Please let me know if anyone in this comment section is willing to sell their lens.
Gotta watch my six! No, for real, I have my PC display to the side with a script and a monitoring feed. This is why the better RU-vidrs use a tele-prompter - It puts your script right over the camera lens.
To claim that this very old camera wins hands down against smartphones does not stand at all. Smartphones, such as the latest high end offerings from Apple, Samsung etc., can provide way better pictures. Next time, instead of just saying the NX mini provides way better pictures, this should be proven using various scenes and scenarios
