Luckypenguin
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Brisbane, Australia
- Name
- Nic
The larger sensor means that for an equal field-of-view the E-M5 would need to be opened up by one more stop to equalise depth-of-field, and comparing the 25mm f1.4 with the Samsung 30mm f2 it does have that ability, however I would say that I prefer the IQ of the 30mm at f/2 to the 25mm at f/1.4. I haven't really compared the two cameras back-to-back here so I couldn't definitely nominate one over the other. My feeling is that maybe I slightly prefer the NX300 and 30mm pancake. I don't have an equivalent Samsung lens to the Olympus 45mm f1.8 so I can't say much here either.
Re: the raw files. When I first got the NX300 I just used the same Lightroom preset from my NX200 and was struggling to get the NX300 files how I liked them. It turns out that even though the NX200 and NX300 share a similar sensor it has been significantly tweaked in the NX300 and I had to go into the preset and back off some of the settings like clarity, noise reduction, vibrance. The NX200 could be worked quite hard to get a pleasing result but doing the same thing to the NX300 made the files look unrealistic, and the modified preset now gives me results from the NX300 that I am very happy with. I think this is going to be the case with any camera that a better sensor simply requires less processing. Compared to the E-M5, the NX300 are a bit smoother and have a different colour signature. I think that the Samsung is less likely to oversaturate reds than the Olympus, and overall the colours are a little more subdued without looking dull at all.
