Since the beginning of the digital imaging revolution, a new generation of photographers has come of age using point and shoot cameras. Amateur shutterbugs have grown progressively more sophisticated over those twenty odd years, but they still want easy to use cameras that produce excellent images with very little effort on the part of the shooter. Those legions of demanding P&S camera buyers have been the driving force behind the development of a completely new class of digital cameras -- the mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera, which combines P&S convenience, compact size, and ease of use with DSLR-like performance, creative flexibility, and lens interchangeability. Entry level camera in this class are primarily marketed at P&S users who want to move up to a camera that provides more user control, better image quality, and the ability to use interchangeable lenses, but without accepting any significant increase in operational complexity or giving up any of the popular P&S features of the P&S digicams they've been using. Samsung's NX20 Smart Camera looks a lot like an entry-level digital SLR, but it is actually a mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera with wi-fi image and video sharing capability.

But the Samsung NX20 enters a market that is jam-packed with fierce competition. Does this camera have what it takes to swim with the big fish?



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