a d.s.l.r. sensor for a slim samsung camera

a d.s.l.r. sensor for a slim samsung camera
byrik fairlie

we don’t have a lot of details, but samsung has taken the wraps off of a new hybrid camera that shoehorns the same image sensor that many digital single-lens-reflex cameras use into a slim point-and-shoot camera that can accommodate interchangeable lenses.

like conventional d.s.l.r.s, the new nx series uses an advancedphoto system type-c(aps-c) image sensor. to keep it slender, the nx does not use a mirror box, as do d.s.l.r.s. instead the nx employs an electronic viewfinder. samsung released no measurements, but the nx prototype looks pretty slim.

samsung says it will ship the camera with one lens, but it has not yet determined the exact type of lens; there will be options for proprietary add-on lenses.

i definitely like this camera’s svelte profile and the option for interchangeable lenses. on the downside,some peoplefind electronic viewfinders very troublesome to use.

samsung does not yet have pricing information. and you’ll have to wait to check out the nx series: the first nx won’t be in stores until the second half of this year, with other models to follow.