The Samsung NX300 digital camera makes it simple for any user to achieve great pictures with minimal technical knowledge or time spent adjusting parameters. Using the camera’s Smart Auto Mode, users can choose from 14 different settings, such as Creative Shot, Landscape, Light Trace or Action Freeze which will automatically adjust camera settings such as aperture and shutter speed in order to obtain the best picture possible for the desired situation. The Samsung NX300 compact system camera also includes i-Depth, an easy and simple way to adjust the depth of an image using the Samsung NX300 Camera Review unique i-Function system which enables photographers to modify camera parameters using the lens itself, adjusting the image without ever having to move off target.
The Samsung NX300 features an 3.31-inch AMOLED display which makes capturing and reviewing pictures or videos a pleasure, while the hybrid touchscreen and 5-way manual key interface is simple and intuitive to use. The 3.31-inch tilt display makes it easier than ever to take high and low angle photographs, letting you capture your world from any angle you choose. The Samsung’s unique in-house developed DRIMe IV imaging engine provides outstanding developments in speed, and image quality. The DRIMe IV engine enables better color reproduction and greater noise reduction, as well as support for full 1080p HD video capture in both 2D and 3D when combined with Samsung’s new 45mm 2D/3D lens.
The Samsung NX300 has a mostly-metal body with a metal lens mount, which goes some way to explaining why it's priced at a more mid-level point. First impressions of the NX300 are positive, with similarly good build quality that we've come to expect from recent Samsung compact system cameras, although most of the buttons are plastic rather than metal. The Samsung NX300 Charger has a functional look with a two-tone black and silver clearway on our review sample, sharp edges and a tactile curved faux-leather handgrip on the front that has a textured area where your fingers rest and a smaller area on the rear panel for your thumb to sit.
The NX300 is the first Samsung compact system camera to offer a touchscreen interface, and its a very responsive one at that, with just the lightest of touches enough. You can still operate everything on the camera without having to push and prod the AMOLED screen at all, but you'd be missing out on a lot of genuinely useful functionality which really improves the overall shooting experience.
The NX300 Samsung Camera Battery Charger strangely lacks its predecessor's rear circular control wheel, which was used for, amongst other things, changing the aperture by turning it from left to right and back again. This control's absence makes it harder to use the Manual shooting mode, as you now use the Zoom dial on the top of the camera to set the shutter speed, and then hold down the exposure mode button while using the Zoom dial to change the aperture, which is a little awkward in practice.
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