Next on my collection of cameras, this is a used Samsung NX 3000.
As it turns out, Samsung before the 2020's made cameras and had a whole lineup for them, which for someone who has exactly zero memories of anything pre 2020, is something I did not know.
These cameras are rare too, as most of the cameras that you could find tend to be from the bigger and still surviving players; Sony, Canon, Fujifilm, etc.
The NX 3000 was released in 2014, more details of which I'm not too familiar with. These have the option of interchanging lens (Which Samsung sold) and definitely come in different colors should you want some flair in yours.
As seen, the one I picked up is a brown leather, which I picked as its definitely retro-inspired.
The photo quality is nice albeit the photos are Super Fine, and I definitely did not get the right settings for night time photos as the shots are too dark, and the camera refuses to take a photo. Otherwise, I think its perfectly fine.
The lens in question is a 16-50 OIS, and uses digital zoom. I would say that it completely falls apart if you want to take good photos from afar, but it handles itself nicely when without or with a little bit of zoom.
What do I think of it? I think its a nice camera to use.
As it is, the menu is less cluttered than my Sony a6400, granted the Sony has much more settings, but it is overall a nice package. The usage is extremely satisfying, genuinely. The sound design is very nice albeit it is the sounds you would associate with a 2010's phone, and the physical buttons have an almost perfect weightage. Its satisfying to use the camera, and although it isn't perfect, the menu and settings layouts are easy to understand.
The timestamp is not included in the original photo, but the camera does have a way to add the date onto the photo, I just couldn't find it then. 😄
However, as a used item, it sadly wasn't faultless. The mode dial is completely stuck, leaving me stuck only in shutter mode. This means that night-time photos won't be easy if not workable at all. I've looked up this issue to see that it was somewhat common enough of a problem that there are tutorials on how to un-stuck it, so while this is a rare and nice camera to use, it didn't come with its own host of issues.
Likely in the future will you see more of this camera being used as for the first day of used ownership, I find it to be a nice little piece of kit. Obviously, most if not all of my photos will still actually be the a6400 because of its point-and-shoot advantage plus the much more crisp quality, but cameras like this will likely be used for bigger events. Let's see.
~Efini
