Customer Rating: 
Summary: Good for the price; designed for fun, NOT for the profesional photographer (only 96dpi)
Comment: Pros:
Light weight, buttons feel good, LCD is clear and bright, icons are fairly standard (as compared to the other digi' cams out there), uses AA batteries instead of proprietary design (may also be a con to some) fairly fast shutter (WAY faster than the S0nys!
Cons:
Even on the highest setting ("superfine", 2816 x 2112, ~3MB an image) you only get a 96dpi image! My Can0n shoots the same size picture, and at 3MB, but at 180dpi! The visual difference is huge. The 2 AA batteries make the unit a little bigger than some would like, but I like that they are easily replaceable without having to go brand-specific. Low-light situations are just "acceptable." Not great. More digital noise in low light images than I think there should be at this point in the digital camera game.
Other Thoughts:
The USB cable that comes with it is ABSOLUTELY necessary. Why? Samsung decided to go with the ultra small USB link on the camera, meaning you cannot use the other (larger) somewhat standard USB cable. Meaning: more cables to mind. Fairly easy to use if you have used other programmable digi' cams. All the settings are what I expected and nothing wowed me or really bothered me. Good point-and-shoot for kids, non-professional photographers and people looking for decent quality images. Kingston 1 GB SD Card SD/1GBKR works well with it. Formats the SD very quickly.
The sounds (fake shutter, beeps and whatnot) can be turned off or modified. Nice. Does NOT have as many manual options as some of the higher-end cameras, but more than a kid or point-and-shoot type person would need.
When you plug the camera into the computer it does not connect right away. On the camera LCD, you have to select between "Computer" or "Printer." Can't see why, since I never use it with my printer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Samsung Digimax S630 digital camera
Comment: Great camera, easy to use, easy to download pictures. Just be sure to get a savercard, or you will have to keep downloading after a few pictures. Also, be picky with your batteries, this camera will say "low battery" even with new ones if you get the wrong ones. We use rechargable. We have three of these cameras in our home, and use them almost daily.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not Good
Comment: I bought this camera when I realized I had left mine in my husbands truck & I was leaving on a girls trip. Didn't do any reasearch. Many pictures are blurry & this camera is SLOW in processing a shot. With the many comments about battery life I suspect that is the problem. But even fresh batteries don't seem to help. ONLY good feature was I literally pointed it in the dark & using the night time mode & the pictures came out really good. But something else. This one is getting passed on to my employees for their work vehicles in case they ever need a camera.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Do not buy this camera
Comment: After a few months this camera does not work.
With new recharged batteries just shows 'low battery'.
Service is hard to get also.
Look elsewhere.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Cheap but mediocre
Comment: Got this as a compliment point and shoot digital camera, replacing a number of Nikon CoolPix models that I have used in the past. The immediate impression was of the cheap fabrication feel: the bad fit and the poor plastic material used. Next in using the camera I am not finding any manual white balance and the camera will run out of battery in less than 30 pictures(!) and 'no', it does not come with a rechargeable battery -so go figure... As for picture quality it quite poor as well and I get the idea that they have stretched the capabilities of the imaging chip way too far when taking 6MP out of a component that is maybe good for half...
I would not recommend this camera to anyone, not even to beginners: start with a camera like this and you're not going to grow the hobby...
Summary: Good for the price; designed for fun, NOT for the profesional photographer (only 96dpi)
Comment: Pros:
Light weight, buttons feel good, LCD is clear and bright, icons are fairly standard (as compared to the other digi' cams out there), uses AA batteries instead of proprietary design (may also be a con to some) fairly fast shutter (WAY faster than the S0nys!
Cons:
Even on the highest setting ("superfine", 2816 x 2112, ~3MB an image) you only get a 96dpi image! My Can0n shoots the same size picture, and at 3MB, but at 180dpi! The visual difference is huge. The 2 AA batteries make the unit a little bigger than some would like, but I like that they are easily replaceable without having to go brand-specific. Low-light situations are just "acceptable." Not great. More digital noise in low light images than I think there should be at this point in the digital camera game.
Other Thoughts:
The USB cable that comes with it is ABSOLUTELY necessary. Why? Samsung decided to go with the ultra small USB link on the camera, meaning you cannot use the other (larger) somewhat standard USB cable. Meaning: more cables to mind. Fairly easy to use if you have used other programmable digi' cams. All the settings are what I expected and nothing wowed me or really bothered me. Good point-and-shoot for kids, non-professional photographers and people looking for decent quality images. Kingston 1 GB SD Card SD/1GBKR works well with it. Formats the SD very quickly.
The sounds (fake shutter, beeps and whatnot) can be turned off or modified. Nice. Does NOT have as many manual options as some of the higher-end cameras, but more than a kid or point-and-shoot type person would need.
When you plug the camera into the computer it does not connect right away. On the camera LCD, you have to select between "Computer" or "Printer." Can't see why, since I never use it with my printer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Samsung Digimax S630 digital camera
Comment: Great camera, easy to use, easy to download pictures. Just be sure to get a savercard, or you will have to keep downloading after a few pictures. Also, be picky with your batteries, this camera will say "low battery" even with new ones if you get the wrong ones. We use rechargable. We have three of these cameras in our home, and use them almost daily.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not Good
Comment: I bought this camera when I realized I had left mine in my husbands truck & I was leaving on a girls trip. Didn't do any reasearch. Many pictures are blurry & this camera is SLOW in processing a shot. With the many comments about battery life I suspect that is the problem. But even fresh batteries don't seem to help. ONLY good feature was I literally pointed it in the dark & using the night time mode & the pictures came out really good. But something else. This one is getting passed on to my employees for their work vehicles in case they ever need a camera.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Do not buy this camera
Comment: After a few months this camera does not work.
With new recharged batteries just shows 'low battery'.
Service is hard to get also.
Look elsewhere.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Cheap but mediocre
Comment: Got this as a compliment point and shoot digital camera, replacing a number of Nikon CoolPix models that I have used in the past. The immediate impression was of the cheap fabrication feel: the bad fit and the poor plastic material used. Next in using the camera I am not finding any manual white balance and the camera will run out of battery in less than 30 pictures(!) and 'no', it does not come with a rechargeable battery -so go figure... As for picture quality it quite poor as well and I get the idea that they have stretched the capabilities of the imaging chip way too far when taking 6MP out of a component that is maybe good for half...
I would not recommend this camera to anyone, not even to beginners: start with a camera like this and you're not going to grow the hobby...
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