[Samsung Premiere 2013] Samsung announces Galaxy NX with 20.3 MP APS-C sensor

Samsung just announced the first Android interchangeable lens camera - Galaxy NX. The device is more advanced version of Galaxy Camera with a much larger sensor and you get a choice of NX mount lenses.



The Galaxy NX uses 20.3 MP APS-C sensor, it is capable for 1080p video recording at 25fps. The camera features DRIMe IV Image Signal Processer and can do burst shots at 8.6fps with a maximum shutter speed of up to 1/6000 sec.

You can use any NX mount lens, pancake lenses, fish eye lenses, long primes and zoom lenses, even a 45mm 2D/3D lens on the Galaxy NX. Some lenses feature Optical Image Stabilization too.


The camera packs a powerful xenon popup flash and you get an electronic viewfinder with SVGA resolution (800 x 600) if you are into that sort of thing. It has a 4.8" HD TFT display which is much better than any cameras, even an expensive DSLR. The Galaxy NX is running on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with TouchWiz UX.

Besides that, the Galaxy NX is powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core CPU with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB internal storage. It has a microSD card slot too which allow you to expand memory up to 64 GB microSD card. Connectivity is worthy of a smartphone too with LTE (market dependent), HSPA+ (42Mbps download), Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS plus GLONASS for accurate geo-tagging.

The Galaxy NX will come bundled with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for advanced image processing, but the camera also comes with True 3D Creator for making 3D images and movies.

Samsung Galaxy NX is measures at 136.5 x 101.2 x 25.7 mm and weighs 495 g with the battery. It has a 4,360 mAh battery to overcome the large display and quad-core processor.

We do not know when will it available in Malaysia but expected it will price at above RM 2,000.

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