A new toy and 38 degrees below zero
Two weeks ago I got the next Samsung mirroles camera NX 20 with a couple of lenses from Samsung Korea. As usual I had to deal with anoying customs in Germany since something as a prototype is not exsiting in their thinking. Anyway when I was testing the older modell NX 200 for Samsung a couple of weeks ago I was honestly surprised by its capbillties. It also was raising my interets in mirrorless systems. So why not putting the new camera to a real test … in Feburary … some 100km behind the polar circle in Finland … at an average temperature of -38 degrees below zero. Together with Prof. Walter Bergmoser who was testing a NX 200 body we were exploring the area around Pyhätunturi and finally reaching its peak. A very nasty windchill and even colder temperatures on top were killing the batteries in 10 to 15 minutes. But beside that and a somehow sluggish manual focus because of the cold everything worked pretty nicely and we got some good shots. After some time inside our cosy hut and the sauna everything was fine again. First short story see below (locations of some images got lost in translation though)
Arctic story with super strong Samsung camera NX200
For more info see also my commercial project
Samsung NX20 @ the Arctic