Mirrorless camera built for sharing
Alongside the new Galaxy Camera, Samsung also unveiled their new mirrorless camera, the NX30. The NX30 builds on the previous model, the NX20, with a better 20.3-megapixel APS-C sensor paired with a DRIMeIV image processor. The touchscreen display has been given an overhaul as well, and can now tilt and swivel. The tilting act isn’t confined to the touchscreen – the viewfinder can tilt as well. Let’s take a quick peek at the specs:
- 20.3 effective megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor
- 76.7mm (3.0-inch) Super AMOLED Swivel and Touch Display, FVGA (720×480) 1,037k dots
- Tiltable EVF w/Eye Contact Sensor, (tilting upward by 80 degrees), XGA (1024×768) 2,359dots view finder
- Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, 25600 ISO
- MP4 (Video: MPEG4, AVC/H.264, Audio: AAC), 1920×1080, 1920×810, 1280×720 , 640×480, 320×240 (for Sharing) video formats
- IEEE 802.11b/g/n support Dual Channel (SMART Camera 3.0) Wireless
While its sharing abilities aren’t on par with the Galaxy Camera, it’s still capable of sharing your photos as soon as you take them over WiFi, and Samsung’s new Tag and Go feature. The new feature uses NFC to transfer photos to your NFC equipped smartphone – just tap it on the NX30, and it’ll start the transfer.
16-50mm F2 – 2.8 S ED OIS
Samsung is also releasing new lenses for the NX series of cameras.These new lenses include a quiet 16-50mm F2-2.8 S ED OIS Lens, which falls under the company’s premium S series of lenses, and a new everyday, multi purpose 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 Power Zoom ED OIS lens. No price or availability has been set for any of the releases, unfortunately.
