8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
I am not singing Samsung's Praises!
Date of Review: Apr 24, 2006
The Bottom Line: My bottom line is to keep looking. If you plan on taking many inside pictures, I would suggest to you to keep on looking.
I was in the market to find a good camera for the money, just as everyone else is. My only requirements is that it have a higher megapixel & optical zoom than my last camera.
I found this at sears.com after seeing a local advertisement for it. I checked here at epinions.com and seen the decent reviews for it. I finalized my online purchase and picked it up in-store.
I came home, charged the batteries and went to work. I sell items online, so a good clear, crisp picture is necessary.
I found out almost instantly that all of my pictures had a yellow "outline" on my products. Reading through the manual and a call into the Customer Service proved that everything was set "correctly" on this camera. I decided to give it some more time.
I have found in the month that I have used it many things that bother me with this camera, they are as follows:
1. Very slow charge for the flash and having to push down twice on the button for the picture to take. Once to charge, once to take it.
2. The flash does not seem to be even. What I mean by this is, one side of the picture or even 1/4th of it is darker than all the other areas.
3. The rim of my items will have a shadow of "yellow" (as mentioned above).
4. The camera sucks the battery down and fast!
5. I am a "want it now" type of person and for me to have to wait for the pixelated view on the screen to clear bothers me.
6. Even on the correct settings, my pictures taken on the macro setting can easily be flashburned.
7. I find it to be a little clunky.
8. It takes VERY poor indoor pictures. I cannot haul my product outdoor to take pictures outside, so a good inside camera is a must for me.
To see an indoor photo taken with this camera click this link: http://www.ssb3.net/users/8121/family_1145484530.jpg
This picture was not altered in anyway. When we printed this picture out, the faces on this family was very pixelated and unfortunately, we cannot re-do this picture.
