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The mirrorless Samsung NX1000 is a little slower than other cameras in its class, but it delivers excellent image quality and aces Wi-Fi implementation.

The NX1000 might be affordable, but that hasn’t taken any of the bang out of its build and image quality. We’re impressed with what you get for the cash.

Samsung's entry-level model has speed, but it falls short of the competition in some places.

Viewed as a standalone camera, outwardly the NX1000 may feel a bit insubstantial but if you’ve been waiting to buy a compact system model until the resolution rose above the usual 12 or 16 megapixels, then the NX1000 offers an affordable route to a high pixel count.

The Samsung NX1000 may be plastic-bodied and a little slow at times, but it's quite a capable camera with a number of genuinely useful features that photographers will use often.

It's a well-sorted little camera and certainly above expectations for an entry-level model. It has plenty of useful features as well as a couple that may need a little work, but on the whole it's a very nice camera to use and produces some very pleasing results.

The Samsung NX1000 isn't the cheapest entry-level compact system camera on the market, but it is a very capable one, sharing the same core DNA as the other new NX models. It's so similar to the NX210 that we'd recommend saving $200 and opting for the NX1000 instead.