Samsung NX2000 vs Samsung WB800F

Let's look a little more closely at the Samsung NX2000 and Samsung WB800F, former being a Entry-Level Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Superzoom and both are manufactured by Samsung. There is a substantial difference between the resolutions of the NX2000 (20MP) and WB800F (16MP) and the NX2000 (APS-C) and WB800F (1/2.3") enjoy totally different sensor size.

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The NX2000 was unveiled 11 months later than the WB800F so they are both of a similar age. Each of the cameras come with different body type with the Samsung NX2000 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Samsung WB800F being a Compact camera.

Before we go through a in depth comparison, below is a quick summation of how the NX2000 grades versus the WB800F for portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Below is a sample of the gallery pics for Samsung NX2000 & Samsung WB800F. The full galleries are available at Samsung NX2000 Gallery & Samsung WB800F Gallery.

For anybody who is going to lug around your camera often, you'll need to factor its weight and measurements. The Samsung NX2000 comes with physical measurements of 119mm x 65mm x 36mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.4") along with a weight of 228 grams (0.50 lbs) and the Samsung WB800F has proportions of 111mm x 65mm x 22mm (4.4" x 2.6" x 0.9") and a weight of 218 grams (0.48 lbs).

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Take into consideration, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you use at that moment. Underneath is the front view dimensions comparison of the NX2000 and the WB800F.

Using size and weight, the portability score of the NX2000 and WB800F is 89 and 92 respectively.

Generally, its hard to see the gap between sensor measurements merely by reading specs. The graphic below might provide you a greater sense of the sensor measurements in the NX2000 and WB800F.

As you can plainly see, each of these cameras posses different megapixel count and different sensor measurements. The NX2000 having a larger sensor will make achieving shallow DOF simpler and the Samsung NX2000 will offer you extra detail having an extra 4 Megapixels. Greater resolution can also make it easier to crop images somewhat more aggressively. The younger NX2000 is going to have an advantage when it comes to sensor technology.