It's big, but it offers the potential for excellent photos and connectivity done right.
Lori Grunin
I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology and handed out buying advice for what seems like forever; I'm currently absorbed by computers and gaming hardware, but previously spent many years concentrating on cameras. I've also volunteered with a cat rescue for over 15 years doing adoptions, designing marketing materials, managing volunteers and, of course, photographing cats.
The body is pretty big, even larger than the NX20.
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Grip
The grip is humongous but comfortable, and the top controls look oddly featureless. Excluding the grip, the body is actually rather thin. There's a small record button and a large adjustment/select jog dial, plus a rather hard-to-press power button.
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i-Function
The camera takes the NX line of i-Function lenses, which allows for settings changes via the rings on the lens.
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Battery compartment
The huge 4,360mAh battery is necessary to support the large LCD and electronic viewfinder, as well as all the extra draw from the image-processing subsystem. The camera takes microSD cards and has a SIM slot.
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Connectors
There's a microphone input as well as a USB connector and an HDMI output.
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Camera Studio
Samsung is touting a feature called "Camera Studio," which is really just a folder that holds all your camera-related applications.
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Guidance
The camera includes useful help screens.
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Shooting interface
It uses the same interface conventions as the Galaxy camera.
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No compromises
You get a full set of manual, semimanual, and automatic modes.
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Room for everything
The huge screen means the interface can be really big and fat-finger-friendly.
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Automated automatic
There are now 31 Smart modes in Samsung's repertoire.
