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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
1.5 stars
"Muted zooming makes me think hard to take it back"
Pros: Pictues look good and menu system is fairly easy to use. Somewhat responsive
Cons: Muted Zooming, no full-res movie snapshots, Battery life
Summary: Many digital cameras consume batteries so I'm not as concerned with that.
I would expect that if one could zoom in movie mode that the audio would continue to record as well. However, during zooming the audio is muted (hard to tell in a noisy store). I'd almost rather not have the feature rather than be tempted to record movies with choppy audio.
I'm told by Samsung US support that zooming during record is not supported (I believe on the s600 as well) and that this is listed in the specification somewhere, but I don't see that. I also see in the specification that in movie mode the camera can do still image capture, but I'm told that all the sX00 models' definition of still image capture is capturing a VGA frame of a movie during playback, not taking full-resolution snapshots during recording. (you can't pause recording to take a shot either, you must flip modes and start a new clip after the shot).
Thus, my concern with the camera is with the specified/perceived vs. reality of the movie recording functionality, features top on my list. If you don't mind not being able snap shots or zoom during recording and like the ability to write as much video as you have memory for you may be ok.
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This camera does much more than other cameras yet you are complaining about it like it is a standard feature.
1. Many cameras do not even let you zoom when in Movie mode. At least this camera gives you the option to do so.
2. I don't know of any camera that lets you take full 5mega pixel images while you are in movie mode.
3. Plus very few if any at all use decent compression with their movie files. My Canon will eat up my entire 1GB memory card with only 12minutes of video.
This camera doubles as a video camcorder, you should be happy for the features at this price because you don't get any of the features you mentioned at any price.
Sorry if I sound harsh, not trying to be. Thanks.
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Samsung Digimax S500 (black):
$11.95
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