Reviews for Samsung Digimax i5 Silver Digital Camera

Great Camera from Samsung!

Strengths: Slim, Wide LCD screen, design

Weakness: no zoom!

I have received this camera as my birthday gift couple monthes ago. This is my first Samsung camera. I have used this camera in many places, and whenever I use it, this camera drew many people's attention. Why? I think it's the designs. I have taken about 3,000 to 4,000 shots with this camera. Some shots taken didn't come out right (low light environment) however, I don't think my canon would have give me a good picture either in such environment. The image quality and battery life is pretty good. This is a recommended camera for young professionals who casually take photographs.

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great camera!

Strengths: very stylish, easy to use, great picture quality

Weakness: none so far

this is a very impressive camera from samsung.
very simple to use, pretty slim and small so it is easy to carry around, and most of all, the quality of picture is awesome.

Highly recommended!

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An excellent, well-designed, robust camera.

Strengths: Wide range of features, can zoom during video mode, MPEG4 video, design, menu system. Manual controls.

Weakness: Picture quality is a little soft

I bought this camera as a small 'point and shoot' model to supplement my larger Sony DSCH1 and I'm delighted with it.

It is smaller than anticipated, very slim with a solid construction in a stainless steel case with, unlike many of its rivals, a robust battery/memory card cover which isn't going to fall apart.

The 2.5" LCD is a delight with a much higher resolution than most and is so easy to use.

The menu system is very different to other cameras I've used but within a few days it soon becomes second nature and only then do the vast array of features and options become apparent - there are loads of settings to be scrolled through and a small 'M' button which allows the user to toggle rapidly between Auto, Manual and video modes to allow fast switching between shooting a video, then a few still pics and then back to video again - ideal for a one-off event you don't want to miss.

The Auto mode produces excellent results while the Manual mode allows control of almost everything and this is the only camera I've found in its class to offer control over shutter speeds - even allowing up to 16 seconds to capture the tumble of a waterfall or slow exposure of festive Christmas lights. The macro facility is equally amazing and works right down to just 1cm.

As for the video mode which also has an image stabiliser, this camera uses MPEG-4 offering huge compression so that a video clip uses only a few megabytes. This was one of the factors which sold the camera to me - my Sony models will hold only about 12 minutes of video on a 1GB card whereas the Samsung shot about 40 minutes and 100 pics with still loads of room left for more. Another feature is the ability to use the zoom on video clips which, at present, I'm sure is unique to Samsung. Similarly, the video recording can also be paused then resumed to produce longer clips including different scenes without having to make a series of individual clips then spend hours at the PC trying to link them all together!

My only very slight niggle is that the picture quality isn't quite as crisp and sharp as my Sony cameras but this is due to the lens design and is common to all of the slim compacts. Setting the camera to 'normal' rather than 'vivid' sharpness and 'superfine' mode produces the best results and any sharpening can be increased using photo editing software. However, the quality is still good and is only a very minor niggle which many snapshotters wouldn't notice. Certainly, outdoor shots in bright light are excellent and noise-free.

I would recommend this camera to anyone looking for a small, compact, 'go-anywhere' camera - either a complete novice for whom the Auto mode will produce excellent results, or someone who likes to have some control over manual functions.

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My opinion

Strengths: Only sleek looks,small fits in breast pocket!!

Weakness: Poor picture quality.

Compared to most its other competitor products, the digimax i5 has an noticeable inferior quality pictures.The repeatability is also not quite good.Campare pictures taken in the same conditions by digimax and any of its rivals,the difference is strikingly evident.Its okay for just a casual buy when only the small size matters,not the quality...well sorry I am not too happy!!The prices indicate it all ;they are down by 30 % in six months!

What I mean is that you will get the pictures of course but I ain't happy with the quality !

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Samsung Digimax i5

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