Samsung SMART Camera NX300 vs. Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S

Camera Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Samsung SMART Camera NX300 and Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S. Compare design, sensors, zoom functions, batteries and other key specifications and features to simplify the choice of your perfect digital camera. Our goal is to make it easier for you to decide on the camera that will best meet your expectations by revealing the main differences between the products.

Camera Specifications Comparison

Samsung SMART Camera NX300 vs. Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Product Type Digital camera - 1080p - mirrorless system Digital camera - 4K - mirrorless system
Lens Included Body only Body only
Height 6.37 cm 9.81 cm
Width 12.2 cm 13.85 cm
Depth 4.07 cm 8.74 cm
Weight 284 g 580 g
Weight Details - Camera body only: 580 g
Camera with battery and memory card: 660 g
Body Material - Magnesium alloy
Enclosure Colour - Black
Protection - Splashproof, freezeproof, dust-resistant
Digital Zoom 2x -
SENSOR Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Sensor Resolution 20.3 Megapixel 10.28 Megapixel
Optical Sensor Type CMOS Live MOS
Total Pixels 21,600,000 pixels 11,930,000 pixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 20,300,000 pixels 10,280,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Size APS-C (23.5 x 15.7 mm) Four Thirds (17.3 x 13.0 mm)
Frame Rate (Max Resolution) - 60 fps
Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Yes
Sensor Features Dust Reduction (image sensor vibration) Supersonic Wave Filter (SWF), Dual Native ISO technology
Image Stabiliser - Optical (5-axis image sensor shift mechanism)
Built-in Optical Image Stabiliser - Yes
Sensors - Digital level metre
PROCESSOR Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Image Processor DRIMeIV Venus Engine 10
LENS Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Lens Mounting Type Samsung NX Micro Four Thirds
FOCUSING Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Auto Focus TTL contrast and phase detection TTL contrast detection
Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 247 225
Auto Focus Features - Focus Peaking function, Depth From Defocus (DFD) technology
AE/AF Control Face-priority AF, Touch Area AF Face-priority AF, Subject-tracking AF, Touch Area AF, Eye detection AF
Face Detection Face-priority AF function Eye Detect AF, face-priority AF function
VIEWFINDER Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Viewfinder Type - Electronic - OLED
Viewfinder Colour Support - Colour
Viewfinder Resolution - 3,680,000 pixels (1280 x 960 x 3)
Optical Viewfinder Field Coverage - 100%
Optical Viewfinder Magnification - 1.52x
Optical Viewfinder Dioptric Correction Range - -4 to +3
Field of View Crop Factor - 2
Features - Auto eye sensor
EXPOSURE & WHITE BALANCE Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
ISO (Max) 25600 25600
Native ISO - 80-51200
Extended ISO (Max) - 102400 (H1), 204800 (H2)
Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 1600, ISO 6400, ISO 3200, ISO auto, ISO 12800, ISO 25600 ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 1600, ISO 6400, ISO 3200, ISO auto, ISO 102400, ISO 51200, ISO 12800, ISO 25600, ISO 204800
Exposure Metering Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot Multi-segment, centre-weighted, spot
Exposure Metering Zones 221 1728
Exposure Modes Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority, lens-priority Programme, bulb, automatic, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
Bracketing Modes - Focus bracketing, white balance bracketing, aperture bracketing
Shooting Programs Landscape, night mode, macro, silhouette, fireworks, panorama assist, sunset, beauty, waterfall, action freeze, rich tone, light trace, creative shot, best face -
Special Effects Cool, Negative, Vivid, Custom Effect, landscape, portrait, Water Colour, miniature, Calm, Classic, Forest, Retro, Vignetting, Selective Colour, Oil Paint, Ink Painting, Coloured Pencil, Wash Drawing, Acryl Sepia, Vivid, soft focus, natural, monochrome, portrait, miniature, Cross Process, Retro, Expressive, high dynamic, Bleach Bypass, High Key, Low Key, Scenery, Toy effect, Star Filter, Impressive Art, One Point Colour, Dynamic Monochrome, Sunshine, Old Days, Toy Pop, Fantasy, Rough Monochrome, Silky Monochrome
White Balance Custom, automatic, presets Custom, automatic, presets
White Balance Presets Cloudy, tungsten light, Flash, daylight, fluorescent light (warm white), fluorescent light (daylight white), fluorescent light (natural white) Incandescent, cloudy, Flash, daylight, shade, 2500K - 10000K (100K steps)
Shutter Type - Mechanical
Max Shutter Speed 1/6000 sec 1/8000 sec
Min Shutter Speed 240 sec 60 sec
Exposure Compensation ±3 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps ±5 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
Auto Exposure Bracketing 3 steps 7 steps in 1/3, 2/3 or 1 EV steps
White Balance Bracketing Yes Yes
X-sync Speed 1/180 sec 1/250sec
Exposure Range EV 0-18 (ISO 100) EV 0-18 (ISO 100)
DISPLAY Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Type 3.31" AMOLED display 3.2" LCD display
Touch Screen Yes Yes
Display Format 768,000 pixels 1,620,000 pixels
Display Form Factor Folding Rotating
Display Features Colour control, contrast control, Touch AF Display brightness control, display colour control, display contrast control, display saturation control, Touch AF
FLASH Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Camera Flash External 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 -
External Flash Name Samsung SEF-8A -
VIDEOGRAPHY / CAMCORDER Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Digital Video Format H.264 AVCHD, H.264, MOV, H.265
Image Recording Format JPEG, RAW, MPO JPEG, RAW, RAW + JPEG
Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 4096 x 2160
Audio Signal Format - Dolby Digital AC-3 (2 channel), Linear PCM, AAC
Microphone Operation Mode Stereo Stereo
Microphone Features - Wind noise reduction
MEMORY Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Memory Card Slot SD card Dual SD card
Supported Memory Cards SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card SD Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDHC UHS-I Memory Card, SDXC UHS-I Memory Card, SDHC UHS-II Memory Card, SDXC UHS-II Memory Card
Memory Card Included - No
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
3680 x 2760
3840 x 2560
4016 x 2256
2592 x 1944
2736 x 1824
2816 x 1584
1824 x 1368
1920 x 1280
1920 x 1080
2752 x 2752
1936 x 1936
1360 x 1360
3328 x 2496 - 4K PHOTO
3504 x 2336 - 4K PHOTO
3840 x 2160 - 4K PHOTO
2880 x 2880 - 4K PHOTO
Video Capture H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 60 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 1080 - 30 fps
H.264 - 1920 x 810 - 24 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 60 fps
H.264 - 1280 x 720 - 30 fps
H.264 - 640 x 480 - 30 fps
H.264 - 320 x 240 - 30 fps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 59.94 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 59.94 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 59.94 fps - 17Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 23.98 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 p - 50 fps - 28Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 24Mbps
AVCHD - 1920 x 1080 i - 50 fps - 17Mbps
H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 60 fps
H.264 - 3840 x 2160 p - 50 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 24 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 25 fps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 59.94 fps - 150Mbps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 29.97 fps - 150Mbps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 23.98 fps - 150Mbps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 50 fps - 150Mbps
H.264 - 4096 x 2160 p - 25 fps - 150Mbps
BATTERY AND CHARGING Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Battery Type Samsung BP1130 Lithium Ion - manufacturer-specific Panasonic DMW-BLF19 Lithium Ion
Details 1 x Samsung BP1130 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1130 mAh (included) Panasonic DMW-BLF19 Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1860 mAh (included)
Battery Life Photo shooting - 320 shots Photo shooting - 440 shots (LCD Monitor on)
Photo shooting - 410 shots (EVF on)
CONNECTIONS Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Interface Composite video/audio, HDMI, USB 2.0, IEEE 802.11b/g/n, NFC (Near Field Communication) HDMI, USB 3.1, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2
Connectivity Features Remote control via mobile devices, remote live view -
Print Standard Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support Direct print, DPOF support, Exif Print support, PictBridge support
Flash Terminal Hot shoe Hot shoe, PC terminal
Connector Type USB 2.0
Composite video/audio output
HDMI output
USB 3.1 (24 pin Micro-USB-C)
HDMI output (19 pin HDMI Type A)
Microphone/line input (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
Remote control (sub-mini phone 2.5 mm)
Headphones (mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm)
TC input / output
FEATURES Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Self-Timer Delay 2 - 30 sec 10 sec, 2sec
Continuous Shooting Speed 5 frames per second, 10 frames per second for 30 frames (5MP), 8.6 frames per second, 15 frames per second for 30 frames (5MP), 30 frames per second for 30 frames (5MP) 2 frames per second, 8 frames per second, 5 frames per second, 12 frames per second, 6 frames per second, 7 frames per second, 30 frames per second (4K), 60 frames per second (4K)
Services and Applications YouTube capture mode -
Additional Features Audio recording, backlight compensation, RGB primary colour filter, sharpness control, digital image rotation, histogram display, in-camera red-eye removal, saturation control, GPS ready, brightness control, in-camera film editing, Dynamic Range Adjustment, Multi Motion Capture, distortion control, Touch Shutter technology, Smart AUTO, Live Panorama function Audio recording, built-in speaker, date/time stamp, digital image rotation, histogram display, AE lock, AF lock, cropping an image, resizing an image, highlight point display, in-camera RAW processing, text stamp, Touch Shutter technology, Time-Lapse recording, primary colour filter, slow motion recording, Focus Stacking, Post Focus function, 4:2:2 10-bit internal rercording
OTHERS Samsung SMART Camera NX300 Panasonic Lumix G DC-GH5S
Included Accessories - Battery charger, body cap, shoulder strap, USB cable, sync terminal cover, cable holder, hot shoe cap, BNC adapter
Software Drivers & Utilities, Adobe Reader, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom -
Max Operating Temperature 40 °C 40 °C
Min Operating Temperature 0 °C -10 °C
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