Samsung Digimax S85 8.2 Megapixel Compact Camera - Black

Overall, Great Camera!

Strengths: Absolutely stunning photographs each time, great user interface

Weakness: Battery life is less than average

I got this camera in part because my old one broke, but also because I was taking a school trip across the country, and wanted a camera with excellent resolution. This camera is brilliant in that sense, and I love the fact that the video is high-resolution, too. I take a lot of videos and photographs, and this camera is perfect for that. Another thing that I love is that, although it doesn't look...
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I got this camera in part because my old one broke, but also because I was taking a school trip across the country, and wanted a camera with excellent resolution. This camera is brilliant in that sense, and I love the fact that the video is high-resolution, too. I take a lot of videos and photographs, and this camera is perfect for that. Another thing that I love is that, although it doesn't look like it, the camera is actually fairly small and lightweight enough to be carried around in your pocket. The only drawback is battery life. Two AA batteries are needed, and they are needed quite often. I would recommend rechargeable batteries for this camera, as, especially for sightseeing, you need to replace them a lot. This did surprise me at first, but, with the kind of pictures this camera takes, I'm almost surprised it doesn't run out sooner. Great camera- I highly recommend it.

By pinkpopciclex3 - Apr 12, 2008

Samsung S85 (Black)

Strengths: 8.2 MP & 5x Zoom

Weakness: LCD Screen

Overall, I love this camera. I had to purchase a new one as my original was damaged during combact operations in Afghanistan. The LCD Screen is very fragile. Mine was in a camera case, in another case on my kit and it was struck, still breaking the screen. It is not worth the cost to replace the screen, replacing the whole camera is cheaper, which is sad. The zoom is awesome and the pictures it...
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Overall, I love this camera. I had to purchase a new one as my original was damaged during combact operations in Afghanistan. The LCD Screen is very fragile. Mine was in a camera case, in another case on my kit and it was struck, still breaking the screen. It is not worth the cost to replace the screen, replacing the whole camera is cheaper, which is sad. The zoom is awesome and the pictures it takes are great, even at a distance. This is the second Samsung model camera my family has owned and we love it.

By Kammerer - Mar 2, 2008

Good camera

Strengths: Price,ease of use

Weakness: Uses batteries fairly quickly

Purchased this camera for my wife who has grown to despise the other digital camera we have from a different manufacturer. This camera has great features and takes very nice picture for the price. Also, it is very easy to use, lightweight and compact enough for my wife to handle. I would certainly recommend this product to someone looking to pick up a good quality, inexpensive digital camera!

By gretelbelle - Jan 31, 2008

Samsung S85 8.1MP Digital Camera

Strengths: Compact, Price, Loads of features

Weakness: Flash Performance, Sucks Battery especially with Flash

I bought this camera after hearing that Samsung is an upcoming brand in Digital Cameras. I took a chance thinking Samsung generally is a good brand. So far it has been very okay. The battery that comes with camera has very low life. After 20 pictures with flash it died. Another thing that I experienced was, when the battery power is low and you switch the camera on, the lens gets stuck half way....
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I bought this camera after hearing that Samsung is an upcoming brand in Digital Cameras. I took a chance thinking Samsung generally is a good brand. So far it has been very okay. The battery that comes with camera has very low life. After 20 pictures with flash it died. Another thing that I experienced was, when the battery power is low and you switch the camera on, the lens gets stuck half way. Even after changing batteries the first few are pictures okay with flash and after that the lens get stuck when flash is used. The position of the flash bulb is at the edge. Make sure that your finger does not cover that. I felt that was a bad design. It would be better if it would have been in the center. When Flash is not used this camera is as good as any other. But inside shots always needs flash.

The pictures looks great so far. Loads of features. The face recognition feature is good. Have not figured out the advanced shake reduction yet. The video quality in low light was not great.

My criteria was price, quality of pictures, black color and fast flash recycle. Generally the compact cameras suffer in the flash recycle feature. I checked the cameras out in Circuit City and Samsung S85 was pretty good. It takes 3 to 5 seconds depending on the power of the flash used. Not great. Not bad. The software that comes with it is not good. Canon has one of the best software.

Overall the camera is okay for the price. I would definitely go for Canon or Sony

By sarathyr - Dec 8, 2007

SAMSUNG S85 CAPABILITIES

Strengths: OUTSTANDING FEATURES

Weakness: NONE

DO NOT BELIEVE THE COMMENTS ABOUT SHORT BATTERY LIFE. I USE REGULAR AKALINE AA BATTTERIES WHICH I GET AT AT DOLLAR GENERAL STORE (4 FOR 1$) AND HAVE TAKEN HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS AND BATTERIES ARE STILL AT FULL CHARGE!.

By anonymous; - Jun 11, 2008