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. 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. The Samsung NX210 costs £749 / $899 in a kit with the new 18-55mm OIS III lens, which has a metal mount.

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. 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.

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. 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.įirst impressions of the NX210 are very positive, with even better build quality that we've come to expect from recent Samsung cameras. 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.

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