Samsung is unveiling the NX Series, the company’s new class of hybrid digital cameras. This new concept digital camera offers the performance and image quality of a DSLR and the portability and convenience of a compact point-and-shoot. With this NX Series, Samsung will become a leader in the new hybrid market. The company refers to them as “hybrid,” for their DSLR-like design and features.

The NX series cameras use an APS-C-sized sensor which is the same type of sensor that many digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras use, but it doesn’t use a “mirror box” for viewfinding. Instead, it utilizes an electronic viewfinder, which Samsung says enables the camera to be lighter and smaller than a conventional DSLR. The cameras are expected to arrive in stores in the second half of 2009.