Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II vs. Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9

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In depth comparison and review of Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II and Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9. Compare design, sensors, proximity features, memory capacities and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right camera for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the digital camera that will best fit your needs.

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Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II vs. Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - mirrorless system Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included NX 20-50mm II lens Body only
Height 6.45 cm 9.56 cm
Width 11.9 cm 12.69 cm
Depth 3.57 cm 6.3 cm
Weight 228 g 673 g
Weight Details - Camera with battery and memory card: 673 g
Body Material - Magnesium alloy
Enclosure Colour Black | White Black
Protection - Dust-resistant, moisture-resistant
Digital Zoom 2x 4x
Optical Zoom 2.5x -
SENSOR Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Sensor Resolution 20.3 Megapixel 24.2 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS Exmor RS CMOS
Total Pixels 21,600,000 pixels 28,300,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 20,300,000 pixels 24,200,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size APS-C (23.5 x 15.7 mm) Full Frame (35.6 x 23.8 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 30 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration) Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration), Anti-Dust coating, APS-C compatible mode
Image Stabiliser - Optical (5-axis image sensor shift mechanism)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser - Yes
Sensors - Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Image Processor DRIMeIV BIONZ X
LENS Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Type Zoom lens - 2.5x zoom - 20 - 50 mm - f/3.5-5.6 i-Function -
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 30.8 - 77mm -
Focus Adjustment Automatic, manual -
Min Focus Distance 28 cm -
Max View Angle 70.2 degree(s) -
Zoom Adjustment Manual -
Lens Construction 8 groups / 9 elements -
Filter Size 40.5 mm -
Lens Mounting Type Samsung NX Sony E-mount
Features ED glass, aspherical lens, i-Function -
FOCUSING Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Auto Focus TTL contrast detection TTL contrast and phase detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 35 693
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Touch Area AF Touch Area AF, Eye detection AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, Zone AF
Face Detection Face-priority AF function Yes
VIEWFINDER Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Viewfinder Type - Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Diagonal Size - 0.5"
Viewfinder Resolution - 3,686,400 pixels
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage - 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification - 0.78x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range - -4 to +3
Field of View Crop Factor - 1.0
Features - Viewfinder brightness control, colour temperature control
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
ISO (Max) 25600 204800
Native ISO - 100-51200
Extended ISO (Max) - 204800
Extended ISO (Min) - 50
Light Sensitivity ISO auto, ISO 100-25600 ISO 50, ISO auto, ISO 102400, ISO 204800, ISO 100-51200
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot, average, highlight-weighted
Exposure Metering Zones 221 1200
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority Bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes - Dynamic Range Bracketing, white balance bracketing
Shooting Programs Landscape, night mode, macro, silhouette, fireworks, panorama assist, sunset, waterfall, beauty face, action freeze, rich tone, light trace, creative shot, best face -
Special Effects Cool, Negative, Vivid, Custom Effect, fisheye, soft focus, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, Calm, Classic, Forest, Retro, Vignetting, DeFog, Halftone Dots, Selective Colour, Wash Drawing, Oil Sketch, Ink Sketch, Acryl, Coloured pencil Black & White, Sepia, Neutral, Vivid, sunset, landscape, portrait, clear, deep, light, autumn leaves, Retro, partial colour, Toy camera, Posterisation, High contrast monochrome, Pop Colour, Soft High-key, Night Scene, Standard, Style Box
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (natural white), fluorescent light (white) Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight), fluorescent light (warm white), Underwater, 2500K - 9900K, fluorescent light (daylight white)
Shutter Type - Mechanical
Max Shutter Speed 1/4000 sec 1/32000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 30 sec 30 sec
Exposure Compensation ±3 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/2 or 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps 3, 5, 9 steps in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1, 2 or 3 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes Yes
X-sync Speed 1/180 sec 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV 0-18 (ISO 100) EV -3-20 (ISO 100)
Retouch Face retouch -
DISPLAY Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Type 3.7" LCD display 3" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes Yes
Display Format 1,152,000 pixels 1,440,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Built-in Folding
Display Features Colour control, contrast control Display brightness control
FLASH Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Camera Flash Detachable flash -
Guide Number (m / ISO 100) 8 -
Flash Modes Fill-in mode, rear curtain sync, auto mode, flash OFF mode, red-eye reduction -
Red-Eye Reduction Yes -
Features AF illuminator, flash +/- compensation AF illuminator
External Flash Name Samsung SEF-8A -
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Digital Video Format H.264 AVCHD, H.264, XAVC S
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, MPO JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel), Linear PCM, AAC
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo Stereo
MEMORY Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Internal Storage 2 GB flash -
Memory Card Slot microSD card SD card, Memory Stick PRO Duo card / SD card
Supported Memory Cards microSD Card, microSDHC Card, microSDXC Card, microSDHC UHS-I Memory Card, microSDXC UHS-I Card SD Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II Memory Card
Memory Card Included - No
Included Memory Card 16 GB microSDHC -
Image Storage RAW 5472 x 3648
JPEG 5472 x 3648
JPEG 3888 x 2592
JPEG 2976 x 1984
JPEG 1728 x 1152
JPEG 2736 x 1824
JPEG 5472 x 3080
JPEG 3712 x 2088
JPEG 2944 x 1656
JPEG 1920 x 1080
JPEG 3648 x 3648
JPEG 2640 x 2640
JPEG 2000 x 2000
JPEG 1024 x 1024
MPO 2688 x 1512 - 3D mode
MPO 1920 x 1080 - 3D mode
6000 x 4000
3936 x 2624
3008 x 2000
1968 x 1312
6000 x 3376
3936 x 2216
3008 x 1688
1968 x 1112
Video Capture H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 810 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 30 fps
H.264 - 320 x 240 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps - 3D
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 30 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 24 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 120 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 50Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 60 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 24 fps - 17Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 60 fps - 28Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 30 fps - 16Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 30 fps - 6Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 3840 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 100Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 100 fps - 60Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 50Mbps
XAVC S - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 50Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 17Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 28Mbps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 p - 25 fps - 16Mbps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 p - 25 fps - 6Mbps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Battery Type Samsung BP1130 Lithium Ion Sony NP-FZ100 Lithium Ion
Details Samsung BP1130 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1130 mAh (included) Sony NP-FZ100 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 2280 mAh (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 340 shots
Video recording - 2.8 hours
Photo shooting - 650 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Photo shooting - 480 shots (LCD Monitor off)
CONNECTIONS Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication) HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth 4.1
Connectivity Features Remote live view -
Print Standard DPOF support, Exif Print support DPOF support, Exif Print support, PRINT Image Matching
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe, PC terminal
Connector Type USB 2.0
Composite video/audio output
HDMI output
USB 2.0
HDMI output (19 pin micro HDMI Type D)
Microphone (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Network (RJ-45)
FEATURES Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Self-Timer Delay 2 - 30 sec 10 sec, 2sec, 5 sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 8 frames per second, 5 frames per second, 10 frames per second, 30 frames per second, 15 frames per second 20 frames per second
Services and Applications Cloud storage capability -
Additional Features Backlight compensation, RGB primary colour filter, sharpness control, digital image rotation, histogram display, in-camera red-eye removal, resizing an image, saturation control, GPS ready, in-camera film editing, USB charging, HDR image enhancement technology, Touch Shutter technology, Smart AUTO, Lens Distortion Correction, Wi-Fi Direct Built-in speaker, sharpness control, digital image rotation, histogram display, saturation control, takes photos while film recording, contrast control, Dynamic Range Optimizer, built-in help guide, Dolby Digital Stereo Creator, Chromatic Aberration Compensation (CAC), Clear Image Zoom, noise reduction over long exposures, Lens Distortion Correction, high ISO speed noise reduction, silent shooting, BRAVIA Sync function, PhotoTV HD, simultaneous multi-format recording, peripheral shading correction
OTHERS Samsung SMART Camera NX2000 + NX 20-50mm II Sony Alpha9 ILCE-9
Included Accessories Battery charger, dust cap, body cap, lens cap, carrying case, memory card reader (USB), USB cable, strap Eyepiece cover, body cap, shoulder strap, AC power adaptor, USB cable, shoe cap
Software Drivers & Utilities, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom -
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C 0 °C
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