Oh yes, the camera5d review is a bad joke. the author must have been drunk. I sell my GH4 and all the lens stuff for the nx1 and I'm really happy now. no juddering ois lenses, great aps-c fullsensor readout without cropping, a wonderful autofokus, very clean video with nice colors and whitebalance out of box, a fantastic tilt oled lcd and so on. For all this stuff, I can live with the rendertime for h265 to prores. I don't understand, what does he mean with "absolute useless for video" ???

About the Camera5d review, most funny thing is Andrew Reed which is a fucking clown with no spine whatsoever taking advantage of the conjecture (smart-ass, that is what he's good at) trying to sound impartial and unbiased; just fucking LOL... in my dictionary there's nothing more dangerous that someone who has the skills (does't imply having an engineer degree, which is the case) but absolutely ZERO ETHICS at all

@DMZ that's the wiser's way - with both hands (twisting the neck of knowledge) :P

For people who has the Nx1 and don't want to use either Samsung soft or hybrid, here's another free app (also invoking ffmpeg) to convert to h264 or proRES - direct download link -- http://www.mydiyworld.net/?p=1805&aid=1815&sa=1

What this software can do?
* Can convert multiple source movies.
* Can set target directory where the converted files will be created.
* Can encode to H.264 or ProRes 422 Proxy, LT, SQ and HQ codec.
* Can resize the 4K source to 1080P or keep the original resolution.
* Supports one or mutlitple files Drag & Drop. If a folder is dropped, it will be used as “Output Folder”, otherwise all MP4 files will be added in “Source Files” list.

Source: http://www.mydiyworld.net/?p=1805

PS
If by any chance you'll use hybrid, for downscale purposes use bicubic spline not lanczos and remember with Karl's script you can get proRES444 output (slower 'cause only working in kostya)

@ maxr Have you tried that software yet? Wondering if it gets terrible render times. I'd rather not pay the $ for wondershare unless I have to.

It's clear from the Cinema5D samples comparing the NX1 to the GH4 that they screwed up the black levels so badly that

• they obviously don't know what they are doing or they would have spotted this and
• any tests they did are completely useless

I've been acclimating to my NX1. The screen and evf are stunning. I cannot imagine why cinema5d would say the evf is unusable. I see no ghosting whatsoever. It's also, contrary to the review, simple to place the camera in video mode. Easier than gh2.

Dynamic range is also another strong and surprising point of the NX1 for both shadows and highlights. The amount of detail retained in what looks like overexposed or underexposed areas is impressive when post-processing the RAW files. Dynamic range can be really good for JPG files as well.

http://www.bestmirrorlesscamerareviews.com/2014/12/10/a-camera-bursting-with-potential-samsung-nx1-first-impressions/

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the launch of a new short film created by renowned actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt and his open collaborative production company, hitRECord. ‘In a City’ was shot entirely in 4K Ultra HD(UHD) on the Samsung NX1, the new premium mirrorless camera, and depicts diverse perspectives of seven cities from across the globe. The actor and his global team of cinematographers capture the essence and stories of their home cities, set to the backdrop of a powerful crowd-sourced soundtrack.

“This emotive short film is testament to both Joseph’s exceptional talents as a director and the outstanding technology within the Samsung NX1,” said Younghee Lee, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, IT & Mobile Division at Samsung Electronics. “The NX1’s advanced features make it ideal for filmmakers in search of a camera with 4K UHD capabilities, to wow their audiences with exceptional beauty and clarity in every shot.”

I am sorry to have to say that the above Joseph Gordon-Levitt's short film is so bad that I could not make myself finish watching it. It demonstrates that in lousy hands even NX1 can create bad movies. The shaking made me nauseated and the color grading is out of this world (this is not a compliment).

If this would be the only video I have seen, I would stay from NX1 miles away and bought something else. I am glad I already have the camera.

Samsung, I am sure you had good intentions hiring Joseph Gordon-Levittt to showcase the camera capabilities, but in my eyes, it backfired.

OK, this is my personal view only - I am perfectly OK with many of you liking it as a great artistic expression. The narration is cool, though.

Just read this post:

"It would also be nice to have a 10bit 422 recording profile, given that those settings are native to h.265 compression and don't require to fork the codec. "

Is this something Samsung "could" do in a firmware update?

Does anyone in our community have any contacts at Samsung?

Vitaliy,

So I guess we wait for the NX1 Pro or NX2 ;)

What are your thoughts on this as a video camera?

The NX1 has a 3.5m mic jack and headphone jack. So far the worst thing about it is, as others say, some of the functions disable in video mode. For example, I like to be exact with rule of thirds and the 1/3 grid disables in video mode, so does the marker for the spot meter. Auto focus is limited too in vid mode. Zebras are weird and don't make sense to me. Hope firmware will fix.