Brian style
Regular
Samsung says they want to make an NX1 aimed at "pros" and after reading some rumored specs I have 2 questions that make me wonder how serious can be/is Samsung about their desires:
1: The rumor is that it will run Android OS. How excited is that going to get advanced users and pros? The Galaxy NX was an experiment in Android OS but it didn't go over universally well, so that is a strange choice. The extended start up time of the Galaxy NX because of the Android OS is not going to make any serious users happy.
2: Samsung doesn't have an impressive prime lens lineup. They have nice primes that keep the small form factor with their 3 pancakes and a really nice 45 1.8, but only ONE f1.4 lens, and that lens (85mm) is pretty universally regarded as amazing but that is where it ends. I would argue that Fuji has proven that having fast quality primes is a BIG step to garnering attention from the serious and pro users.
Most of Samsung's lineup and choices are clearly aimed at casual users, so wanting to make a camera aimed at pros with these two choices seems doomed to fail right from the start. Is it just me??
1: The rumor is that it will run Android OS. How excited is that going to get advanced users and pros? The Galaxy NX was an experiment in Android OS but it didn't go over universally well, so that is a strange choice. The extended start up time of the Galaxy NX because of the Android OS is not going to make any serious users happy.
2: Samsung doesn't have an impressive prime lens lineup. They have nice primes that keep the small form factor with their 3 pancakes and a really nice 45 1.8, but only ONE f1.4 lens, and that lens (85mm) is pretty universally regarded as amazing but that is where it ends. I would argue that Fuji has proven that having fast quality primes is a BIG step to garnering attention from the serious and pro users.
Most of Samsung's lineup and choices are clearly aimed at casual users, so wanting to make a camera aimed at pros with these two choices seems doomed to fail right from the start. Is it just me??