Samsung Digimax Pro 815

Samsung Digimax Pro 815

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digicamera.com Professional Review.

DigitalCameraRoundup.com - Samsung Pro815

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, the difference being that SLRs use a movable mirror which lets the photographer look directly through the lens and thus see precisely what the lens will capture whereas SLR-style cameras do not have such a mirror system. "Real" SLRs have replaceable len

Review Verdict: Overall, this is a very nice effort by Samsung. The excellent lens and huge screen alone make the Pro815 a powerful alternative to a low-end dSLR

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Pros: Huge 3.5-inch primary LCD makes camera a pleasure to use, Excellent 28-420 mm provides wide angle to massive zoom, Very powerful battery lasts a long time, Secondary LCD on top allows hip-level shooting, Excellent hi-res electronic viewfinder, Stereo soun
Cons: No true image stabilization, Only goes up to ISO 800, Needlessly sparse menus, almost no online help, Button labeling hard to see, Included software marginal, Large and heavy
shutterbug.com Professional Review.

Samsung’s Digimax Pro815; Not For Pros, But For Everyone

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Samsung's Digimax Pro815 features several digital camera firsts, including the world's longest optical zoom lens-and it's a Schneider, too-and the largest LCD preview screen. It's all wrapped up in a Mad Max-design that looks like a digital SLR, except it

Review Verdict: The Pro815 can also be connected to an external monitor or TV set for image playback. Its PictBridge technology lets you connect the camera (using the supplied USB cable) directly to a printer and output images from the camera's 64MB internal memory or Co

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digitalcameraroundup.com Professional Review.

Samsung Pro815

Comments:
Like other cameras of its kind, the Samsung Pro815 is often mistaken for a digital SLR.

Review Verdict: , this is a very nice effort by Samsung. The excellent lens and huge screen alone make the Pro815 a powerful alternative to a low-end dSLR

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QuickTake:

Pros: Huge 3.5-inch primary LCD makes camera a pleasure to use, Excellent 28-420 mm provides wide angle to massive zoom, Very powerful battery lasts a long time, Secondary LCD on top allows hip-level shooting, Excellent hi-res electronic viewfinder, Stereo soun
Cons: No true image stabilization, Only goes up to ISO 800, Needlessly sparse menus, almost no online help, Button labeling hard to see, Included software marginal, Large and heavy
shutterbug.com Professional Review.

Samsungâ-'s Digimax Pro815; Not For Pros, But For Everyone

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The Digimax Pro815 doesn't have an Image Stabilization mode, but when shooting at longer focal lengths (420mm here) the High-Speed mode automatically kicks up the shutter speed to help you make sharp images.

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Computeract!ve Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4 star(s) Samsung Pro 815

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A quality camera with three colour screens and a massive 15x zoom lens

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photoaxe.com Professional Review.

Samsung Pro815 Digital Camera Review

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8MP and 15x optical zoom, built-in pop-up flash, low-noise processing algorithm, and the fastest response times in its class (shot-to-shot speeds have been reduced to 1.0 second and 1.3 second respectively; shutter release lag of 0.05 seconds) plus high-s

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newbie.org Professional Review.

Product Rating: 5 star(s) Samsung Digimax Pro815 Digital Camera

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The Samsung Digimax Pro815 Digital Camera lets from wide angle to telephoto with one lens with a 15X optical zoom with a focal length of 28 ? 420mm. It features: 8.0-megapixel CCD captures high-resolution images up to 3264 x 2448 pixels, 15x optical/4x di

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QuickTake:

Pros: Great features and performance.
Cons: None
cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 2.9 star(s) Samsung Digimax Pro 815

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Review Verdict: Samsung's Digimax Pro 815 has impressive features, but heavy noise and slow performance outweigh its advantages.

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QuickTake:

Pros: 15X optical zoom lens; 3.5-inch LCD; top mounted color LCD; raw and TIFF capture.
Cons: Large; heavy; excessive noise at ISO 200 and above; tops out at ISO 400; TIFF and raw write times are painfully slow.
asia.cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.05 star(s) Samsung Digimax Pro 815

Comments:
If you don't fancy changing lenses very often and can compromise on the oddly positioned electronic viewfinder, Samsung's Digimax Pro 815 with its 15x optical zoom should satisfy most enthusiasts and dSLR users looking for a spare camera.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Numerous dedicated buttons for different settings ; 15x optical zoom ; 3.5-inch LCD, top color viewfinder display ; mechanical rings for zoom, manual focus and exposure compensation ; dual jog system ; above average battery life ; excellent continuous sho
Cons: Bulky and heavy in weight ; handgrip may feel uncomfortable during prolonged usage due to shallow chassis ; no image stabilization but sports a high-speed mode ;
pcmag.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 2 star(s) Samsung Pro815

Comments:

Review Verdict: Samsung seems to have a hit-or-miss approach when it comes to the Pro815, which is why this superzoom and enthusiast camera didn't score higher.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Decent image quality. Longest zoom and biggest LCD for a fixed-lens point-and-shoot digital camera. Wide-angle end of the zoom range reaches 28mm. Includes manual-focus ring. Lots of options.
Cons: Some shutter lag in non-flash situations. Big and bulky. No image stabilization. Limited to 30-second video clips.
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