Nikkon P520 or Samsung NX1000

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I'm looking for a bridge camera. I can get the P520 for £280 and the NX1000 for £210 but don't know which to go for. Has anyone got either of these?

I mainly take shots outdoors but I need the camera to be good indoors at parties where there could be low light and people moving.

EDIT: The NX1000 - 'the camera does not include direct controls for quick manual-exposure adjustments' Oh well looks like I'm getting the P520 which has full manual control.
 
bulb66 said:
The NX1000 does have manual-exposure adjustments.

There's no way to set EC in M mode. That's the whole purpose of shooting manually, *you* decide what shutter/aperture/ISO you want to shoot in.

Where did your above quote come from?

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I had to do some research about the camera and found you can adjust those settings, but it through the lends itself by clicking on a button by the side of it. That quote is from the 'purple shirt' people who like to eat Indian food like curries

ManCuBuS said:
My Mrs has an NX1000 and it does indeed have full manual controls, so wherever you got that info from is wrong. Ok it does'nt have exp comp but just increasing or decreasing the aperture / shutter / ISO does the same thing and after all that is the point of full manual.

Also the P520 has a poxy 1/2.3" sensor, the NX1000's sensor is APS-C sized and will be far far better in low light.

Stick a Samsung 30mm f2.0 pancake on the front of the NX1000 and it makes for an awesome and very portable little unit with some great creative control.

Bridge cameras are a jack of all trades but master of none, ok they offer 10 billion 'X' optical zoom but in front of a small sensor, slow aperture, garbage ISO performance and limited dynamic range it really does make for an all round 'avoid it' package.

However if a bridge camera is really what you want the only one I'd consider is the Panasonic FZ200 because of it relatively bright constant f2.8 lens.
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Thanks for the little review mate, I'm really tempted to get the NX1000 now :) Just need to convince the other half. I've looked at the FZ200 but it's out of my range of around £220. The NX1000 deal I've seen is a clearance deal, online they still retail for about £280.
 
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Still deciding which path to take, had a play with a Nikon D3100 and found it too bulky and there are menu options that I would never use! I think that camera is overkill for my needs.

My friend lent me his Fuji S4000 and I liked it, very simple on M mode when selecting the shutter speed and aperture. It even had a little - to + guide which showed if the picture was going to be overexposed, I liked that a lot. So I'm looking for a bridge camera in that sort of range. I noticed indoors under relatively low light it had a lot of noise when zooming in. I'm looking for a camera that I can zoom in a bit indoors and still take relatively noiseless pics.

I'm looking at either the NX1000, Nikon P520 or Canon SX50 HS. I like the NX1000 as it has interchangeable lenses but at the same time I don't want to be carrying leneses around with me. The camera is going to be used for when I'm travelling as well as taking pics idoors during family gatherings, parties etc...
 
Thanks for your advice, does the nx1000 have a bigger sensor? I saw on a chart somewhere it's 3/4 the size iof a full frame DSLR camera
 
Went out and bought the NX1000 ;) The guy said they had the twin pack that came with the Pancake Sensor for the same price but it went yesterday, gutted should have made a decision earlier. Took some pics on SMART mode and the clarity is amazing! Any tips as to what accessories I should get and some useful tutorials?
 
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Took some pictures:





Really impressed with it :) Looking forward to taking it out on a sunny day and see how she performs, thanks for the advice ManCuBus
 
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Been playing around with the camera and struggling to get a slow shutter speed shot. I basically want to take a slow shutter speed shot of a busy road at night so all the lights look blurry. I set the shutter speed to really slow but all I get is an over exposed picture?
 
Wow Sonea Fifer your pics are amazing! Are you using the standard lens that comes with the camera? Have you got a flickr page, I'd love to see more of your pics :) Will that bag fit the NX1000 with the lens already attached?
 
Thanks for the review, for £10 it's a bargain! I'm still playing with my camera, getting used to manual mode. Must the fn system us very easy to use :-)
 
I went for the tuf luv case, it's a lot bigger than the duragadget one and has compartments. Just need a spare battery, official ones are £30!
 
Can I get a third party flash for the NX1000? I'm finish I'm indoor low light areas when using the flash the pics come out over exposed.
 
Thanks :-) yes I did but find its inconsistent. Sometimes pictures are over exposed or under. I've tried puttinga rizla paper oover the flash to diffuse it but it doesn't work.
 
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