Gadget is usually a blur in low light on point and shoot cameras, so the fact that this shot came out clear at all is pretty amazing to me.Įvery hair on her head is crisp and sharp, even at the smallest photo resolution. My dog Gadget was just as curious about my new camera as I was! She was sitting fairly still for this shot, but being a dog of course she’s a rather fidgety and prone to sudden movement so I was impressed with the NX300’s ability to keep up with my rapid-fire shooting and focus adjustments. It’s winter here in the Pacific Northwest and the sun sets pretty early, so I my first shots were indoors with desk lamps and computer monitors as my primary light sources.

I think my first batch of NX300 pics turned out AMAZING, especially since I put no effort whatsoever into lighting conditions. NX300 front (with detachable 18-55mm kit lens): Here are some manufacturer photos of the camera, since my iPhone 4S photos don’t look nearly as good.

I have larger than average hands, but I don’t find the buttons to be too small. Its body is made of a nice faux black leather and its dials are stainless steel. At least, that’s what it looked like as I popped it open as fast as I could to get at the prize inside. The box is pretty classy looking: thick dark-colored cardboard, well-packed, and the camera and cables come individually bagged.

Rechargeable battery: I’d rather recharge than replace.

It’s also great for shooting low without bending uncomfortably.

Huge flip-out touch screen on the back: It’s bright and beautiful, and faster to update than my smartphone camera’s preview (!).

Excellent reviews: check ’em out on (at the time of my purchase, this camera was also Amazon’s best seller in the compact system camera category).

WiFi enabled: Still a rare feature on DSLRs, WiFi lets me transfer photos quickly and painlessly from camera to computer and/or smartphone.Price point: Just under $500 for body and kit lens.I chose the Samsung NX300 over other mirrorless cameras like it for the following reasons: More and more photographers are choosing mirrorless, so I wanted to try a mirrorless for myself. Mirrorless cameras used to lag behind DSLRs in terms of visual quality and lens variety, but they seem to have caught up in both regards, or at least they’ve caught up enough for my purposes (photographing crafts for Etsy, stuff for eBay, family vacations, pics of my dog, etc).

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