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From what I've read it did work with NX500 but not NX1 but they might have disabled it with newer firmware

No they don't BP1130 in NX500 and BP1900 in NX1, capacity 1130 mAh and 1860 mAh = false advertising ;-) respectively. As for the mic you should read here @DPReview - Samsung ED-EM10 hot shoe mic, but they are as common as unicorns. Yep, my bad OIS is also available with KIT lens. One extra point for NX500 if you don't need EVF is that the screen flips for self portraits, no joy with NX1 (they really should used GH4 style one, more freedom and built in protection).

No DIS in NX500, only OIS with selected lenses (S series if I'm not mistaken): Also no microphone and headphone jacks.

Apparently not that difficult to downgrade.

I appreciate removal of recording limits on NX500, tossed few € your way, enjoy your 16-50S you've definitely earned it. Thank you. And the waiting game for a good deal on NX500 continues

I would look for a demo unit on ebay, I've seen few from German MediaMarkt, Saturn outlets - retail chains (just set your delievery address to one in Germany). Most of those dosn't ship internationally but you could use a package forwarding service. But really I would strongly advice to locate one in US no import fees.

FW archive is here https://drive.google.com/a/cmcfirm.com/folderview?id=0Bwt0uzFgEoRkQ2ZLOUJOM295UGM&usp=sharing

I assume somebody tried it with [x] No lens... option in dev menu.

Short answer... No Also pease upload both to the cloud vault of historical FW. Sorry can't remember who was in charge of that: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/EV-NX500ZBMJUS#manualsDownloads http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/EV-NX1ZZZBZBUS#manualsDownloads I don't see any new version of user manuals, that to me indicates that there are no new features.

Would really like to see an option with a key combination to trim the last X minutes of video as a separte clip. Kind of a dashcam functionality, might even stop the recording. Not sure if the trim functionality is avilable at this time via scripts? Alternatively a datetime save to text file would allow for that in post.

Most decent cards should be fine when operating in temperatures from -13F to 185F (-25C to 85C) SanDisk Extreme PRO® SDHC™, SDXC™ UHS-II cards Specifications

Any idea as to why NX500's limit for 4K and FHD 50/60 still stands even though this topic would suggest the camera doesn't overheat?

Time lapse maybe if you can set it to 10 fps plus external audio recorder.

Just remember not to exceed ~70 minute mark or the memory leak will corrupt your recording

Sure, I just don't have the grip to probe pogo pins on it.

That's the one.

I would also assume it uses dedicated chip for HEVC encoding. Higher resolution photos would help to identify at least some of the chips. Thanks, still looking for NX1 bottom connector.

I'm more of a hw guy myself and I was wondering did anyone happen to have NX1 bottom connector pinout? Not sure if there is something helpfull but I've stubled upon Samsung Open Source Conference 2015 website with some PP presentations http://www.soscon.net/program.asp

I agree as long as the recording limit is removed.

Would love to see unlimited video recording maybe with file spanning every 29:59

It never was, before v1.01 (Firmware File - Sun Nov 09 20:02:00 EST 2014) the download section shows only: "Download data unavailable"

If you are still missing those FW, you may thank archive.org: 1.01 http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/FM/201411/20141110100211100/NX1_FW_v1.01.zip 1.10 http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=US&CttFileID=5889101&CDCttType=FM&ModelType=C&ModelName=EV-NX1ZZZBQBUS&VPath=FM/201412/20141220160910675/NX1_FW_v1.10.zip Made a copy on my drive just in case. As for my wishlist I would love to see recording time limit gone.