The latter two settings can optionally be turned on or off in the main menu, allowing a degree of user customisation. Consecutive presses of the i-Function button moves through the five available settings - shutter speed and/or aperture, exposure compensation, white balance and ISO. The upgraded 18-55mm kit lens features Samsung's now standard i-Function button, an innocuous looking button on the lens barrel which when pressed activates a sub-menu of key options and allows you to change them simply by turning the focus ring. We'd advise choosing the 18-55mm lens rather than the comparable 20-50mm for this reason, unless you really need the latter's smaller dimensions. The 18-55mm is also optically stabilised, important as the NX system doesn't offer in-body stabilisation. We tested the NX210 with the new Samsung 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS III lens, which has the built-in i-Functionality and an upgraded metal mount. A new accessory is the EM10 external microphone, which features adjustable levels, a built-in headphone jack and no external cabling. The EVF wasn't provided for this review, so we can't comment further on its performance. There's also an optional EVF (EVF10) which slots into the same connector, with caveats regarding cost and size, and you can obviously only use the EVF or the flash at one time. Flash is provided for by a supplied accessory (SEF-15A) which slots into the Smart Shoe on top of the camera, but although you no longer have to pay for it, it does add to the bulk of the camera and isn't as well integrated as some of its main rivals. Once again there's no viewfinder or built-in pop-up flash, and while beginners probably won't notice the lack of an EVF, being more used to holding a camera at arm's length than holding one up to their eye, they will undoubtedly miss having a flash, while the reverse is probably true for more experienced photographers. The NX210 has a more functional look than the more futuristic NX1000, with a serious all-black colour, sharper edges and a much more tactile curved handgrip that has a textured area where your fingers rest and a rubberised finish to the rest of the grip and the rear panel.Īt 116.5 x 62.5 x 36.6mm, the NX210 is exactly the same size as its predecessor. First impressions of the NX210 are very positive, with even better build quality that we've come to expect from recent Samsung cameras. Unlike the all-plastic NX1000 entry-level model, the Samsung NX210 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 £699 / $899. To that end, the NX210 employs the same 20 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor as its predecessor, which is around 1.5x physically larger than the Micro Four Thirds system and promises to rival the image quality of the majority of DSLRs, whilst still maintaining a small camera body that is very similar to the likes of the comparable Sony NEX, Olympus PEN and Panasonic G-series. The new NX210 has an angular and hard-edged design that is designed to appeal more to the serious photography enthusiast than upgraders from a simpler compact camera. The Samsung NX210 costs £749 / $899 in a kit with the new 18-55mm OIS III lens, which has a metal mount. The NX210 also has a special i-Scene lens priority mode, which allows users to select the scene modes, six different Smart Filters and the intelli-Zoom function.
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The i-Function button on compatible lenses allows users to control the NX210 by scrolling through manual settings (shutter speed, aperture, EV, WB, and ISO) and using the focus ring to change the parameters for each setting.
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The metal-bodied NX210 features a 20.3 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, high speed capture and fast auto focusing, ISO range of 100-12800, 1080p HD movie recording, built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, 3-inch AMOLED screen, 8fps continuous shooting, 3D Panoramas and Samsung's unique i-Function lens. The NX210 is the latest mirrorless compact system camera from Samsung, following last year's NX200 model.