Gadgetlite 360: Samsung NX10 Digital Camera

Never compromise when it comes to capturing life's most precious moments. The SAMSUNG NX10 offers an incredible 14.6 Megapixels and APS-C size CMOS sensor which delivers high-quality images and rich, natural color. It's the perfect size to carry with you everywhere, but still packs powerful features like high definition recording and an AF function for fast action shots.

Excellent in instantaneous

Innovatively designed Samsung NX10, perfectly sized and weighted without mirror box and pentaprism, is small and light enough to carry it around in every day life. Besides, Samsung NX10's fast and precise AF function enables you to capture fleeting moments instantly before the moment passes away. Now, always be prepared to take those memorable moments, because great photos come when least expected.

Super large image sensor offers utmost image quality and rich natural colours.

Samsung NX10, equipped with super large APS-C size CMOS sensor, reproduces rich and natural colours and expresses clear images. Particularly, Samsung NX10 image sensor minimises noise, which degrade the quality of a photo and expresses crisp and clear images, and allows us to use high ISO in a low light environment with low noise.

3.0" AMOLED display provides clear photo information at anytime, anywhere.

AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), so called a dream display because it’s thinner, brighter, faster in response time, and is excellent in colour reproduction. AMOLED produces incredibly clear can be viewed even in bright sunlight. AMOLED is also 3000 times faster in its response rate than LCD, expresses sharp pictures with bright colours evenly lit with no side or backlighting, and allows us to view display at any angle. In addition, its dynamic 10000:1 contrast ratio provides clearer images in true colours*
* When operated at optimal temperature, 25ºC

HD movies like motion pictures

Samsung NX10, HD movies in 720p resolution and H.264 advanced video compression format camera. Samsung NX10's APS-C size super large CMOS sensor offers not only detailed and clear video clips, but also allows target objects to stand out of the picture like in a motion picture. In addition, equipped with HDMI interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data, you can enjoy watching high resolution video images on HDTV.

Basic Navigation. Real Time Control.

The most difficult part when operating an advanced digital camera is the depth of menu and complicated settings of each step. There is absolutely no need to worry with Samsung NX10. Since Samsung NX10 is designed to operate more easily and conveniently under the basis of compact camera structure, it allows even beginners and compact camera users to navigate the menu faster and easier.

Auto exposure management, Smart Range

When there are both very bright and very dark areas simultaneously in the view, Smart Range enables to capture and display clearer image of both bright areas and dark areas in the same frame, Bright areas are not saturated and dark areas are not too dark.

What you see is what you get.

Unlike optical viewfinder which only shows images reflected from the mirror with limited information, electronic viewfinder of Samsung NX10 can convey additional O SD(on-screen display) information on screen. Since camera settings can be applied to the preview image instantly, what you see in the electronic viewfinder will be identical to the picture you take.

Dust Removing and Image Sensor Cleaning System.

Exchangeable lens DSLR digital camera generates dust contamination due to friction occurring during their movement, and once dust lands on the image sensor's surface it often degrade the clarity of the images taken. Samsung NX10's supersonic dust removing function perfectly removes dust from the sensor by vibrating 60000 times per second, no matter how often you exchange the lenses, it enables you to shoot crisp and clear images.

Automatic camera settings to take the best images.

Smart Auto applies automatic camera settings to take the best images. Smart Auto automatically applies the best shooting conditions for various scenes such as beautiful portrait shot, picturesque landscape shot, and vivid moments of child to get the best possible images without additional adjustments.

Image Sensor

Image sensor (effective pixel) : approx. 14.6 megapixel
Approx. 15.1 MP
Image sensor colour filter: RGB primary colour filter
Image Sensor Type: CMOS

Display

AMOLED
3.0” Display Size
VGA (640 x 480) 614k dots (PenTile) resolution
Display resolution: approx. 100%

Shutter Speed

Shutter type: Electronically controlled vertical-run focal plane shutter
Shutter Speed: Smart Auto: 1/4000sec.- 30sec. Manual: 1/4000sec.- 30sec. (1/3EV step) Bulb (Limit time: 8 min)

Image Play

Image play type: Single image, Thumbnails (3/9/20 images), Slide show, Movie
Image editing: Red Eye Fix, Back Light Comp., Photo Style Selector, Resize, Rotate, Face Retouch, Smart Filter
Image play highlight warning

Interface

Digital Output Connector: USB 2.0
Video out: NTSC, PAL (user selectable) HDMI 1.3 (1080i, 720P, 576P / 480P)
Interface: External Release
DC Power Input Connector: DC 9.0V, 1.5A (100 ~ 240V)

System Requirement in General

For Macintosh: Power Mac G3 or later, Mac OS 10.4 or later, Minimum 256MB RAM (Over 512MB recommended) 110MB of available hard-disk space, USB port, CD-ROM drive
For Windows: PC with processor better than Pentium III 500MHz (Pentium 800MHz recommended) Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Minimum 256MB RAM (512MB recommended) 250MB of available hard disk space (1GB recommended) USB port, CD-ROM drive, 1024x768 pixels, 16-bit color display compatible monitor, (24-bit color display recommended) Microsoft Direct X 9.0c or later

Lens

Samsung NX Mount
Samsung Lenses for Samsung NX Mount

ViewFinder

Viewfinder EVF
Viewfinder Magnification: Approx. 0.86x (APS-C, 50mm, -1m-1)

Exposure

Exposure Metering: Multi, Centre-weighted, Spot Metering range: EV0 ~ 18 (ISO100•30mm F2.0)
Exposure compensation: ±3 EV (1/2EV, 1/3EV step)
Exposure Modes: AEL button
Exposure ISO Equivalent: Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 (1EV step)

Movie Clip

Movie Format: MP4 (H.264)
Movie Compression: Movie: H.264, Sound: AAC
Movie Frame Rate: 30fps
Movie Image Size: 1280 x 720, 640 x 480, 320 x 240
Movie Sound: Mono
Movie Clip: with Audio or without Audio (user selectable, recording time: 25 minutes)

Physical Specification

Weight: 353g
Operating Temperature: 0 - 40°
Operating Humidity: 5 - 85%
Dimensions: 123 x 87 x 39.8mm

Flash

28mm wide-angle of view coverage (Equivalent to 35mm)
Samsung External Flash: SEF42A, SEF20A (Optional)
Flash guide number: 11 (at ISO 100)
Flash modes: Smart Flash, Auto, Auto + Red-eye reduction, Fill-in, Fill-in + Red-eye reduction, 1st Curtain, 2nd Curtain, OFF
Flash sync speed: Less than 1/180sec.
Hot shoe synchro (attachment)
TTL Auto Pop-up flash

Image Stabilization

Lens Shift Type (depends on Lens)

Focusing

Focus type: Contrast AF
Focusing modes: Single AF, Continuous AF, MF

Shooting

Shooting Modes: Smart Auto, Program, Shutter Priority AE, Aperture Priority AE, Manual, Night, Portrait, Landscape, Scene, Movie
Shopoting Scene Modes: Beauty shot, Children, Close Up, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks
Shooting Image Size: JPEG (3:2)：14M (4592x3056), 10M (3872x2592), 6M (3008x2000), 2M (1920x1280), 1.4M (1472x976): Burst mode only,JPEG (16:9)：12M (4592x2584), 8M (3872x2176), 5M (3008x1688),2M (1920x1080) RAW : 14M (4592x3056)
Shooting Quality: Super fine, fine, normal
Shooting RAW Format
Shooting Colour Space: SRGB, Adobe RGB

Storage

External Memory: SD, SDHC
Storage File Formats: RAW (SRW), JPEG (EXIF 2.21), DCF, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0
Storage Capacity: 14M : RAW 35 14M : Super Fine 142, Fine 278, Normal 408 10M : Super Fine 197, Fine 382, Normal 724 6M : Super Fine 322, Fine 615, Normal 1128 2M : Super Fine 738, Fine 1334, Normal 2238 Burst (1.4M) : Super Fine 1201, Fine 2092, Normal 3320 12M(W) : Super Fine 168, Fine 328, Normal 630 8M(W) : Super Fine 234, Fine 454, Normal 860 5M(W) : Super Fine 381, Fine 727, Normal 1334 2M(W) : Super Fine 872, Fine 1573, Normal 2638 Movie : 1280x720 : High Quality 15min., Normal 22min 640x480 : High Quality 44min., Normal 66min.320x240 : High Quality 145min., Normal 210min