Samsung Launches NX500, A Little Sibling To Its NX1

Samsung Launches NX500, A Little Sibling To Its NX1: "Samsung has announced the NX500, a small and lightweight APS-C mirrorless camera aimed at, in the camera maker’s words “everyday

By

Amadou Diallo 

photographers” that nonetheless inherits key specs from the company’s pro-level NX1.

Like its DSLR-styled big brother, the NX500 boasts a 28MP backside-illuminated (BSI) sensor , a top ISO of 51,200, 4K video capture, Samsung’s latest hybrid AF system and a 3-inch SuperAMOLED rear touchscreen. It accepts the same range of NX lenses as well. Yet the NX500 comes in a much more portable package, eschewing a viewfinder and its associated hump for a rangefinder-style body very similar to the NX3000.

As you’d expect from a company that makes smartphones, the NX500 is big on image SHARING, offering Wi-Fi of the 802.11 b/g/n variety along with NFC and Bluetooth connectivity.


The Samsung NX500 has a 28MP sensor, Super AMOLED tilt-flip touchscreen and shoots 4K video.

Key specs


28MP BSI APS-C sensor
4K video @ 24fps (30fps UHD, 60fps Full HD)
3-inch SuperAMOLED tilt/flip touchscreen
ISO 100-25,600 (51,200 extended)
Hybrid AF
9 fps burst
DRIMe V image processor
H.265 video codec
The camera’s 28MP APS-C sensor is backside-illuminated with all of the chip’s circuitry located behind the sensor which can allow for greater light capture and less noise. While BSI sensors are common in smartphones and 1-inch chips like those in the popular Sony RX100 III and Canon G7 X, the NX500 joins the NX1 as the only cameras with this technology in the much larger APS-C sensor size.



Reviewers of the NX1 have found high ISO noise performance to be fairly good, at least in Raw mode, so expect to see similar performance with the NX500.

The NX500 essentially takes key features from the NX1 and bundles them in a smaller, less intimidating camera body with fewer external controls and no viewfinder. It’s a far more high-powered OPTION than Samsung’s entry-level 20MP NX3000 which shoots at a slower burst rate of 5fps, has neither a touchscreen nor 4K output and uses an older generation AF system.



The NX500 goes on sale in March for $800 with the 16-50mm kit lens and will come in black, brown and white versions. You can follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and read more of my Forbes articles."



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