Customer Rating: 
Summary: A excellent value especially with the PMP function
Comment: I have found the Samsung i85 to be a terrific value. The photos are great, extra batteries are readily available and inexpensive. I have not had any trouble with delays in shooting indoor flash pictures... two or three seconds between photos. Maybe some who have mentioned this issue received bad samples, have slow cards, or weak batteries or some combination of these factors.
The personal movie player is wonderful. The Samsung conversion program will not directly convert a DVD into a movie that you can use on the camera. Any ripper that can convert a Video TS file to an avi file will work. You can then convert them into the proper format. I already had some movies that I had converted to Palm format with DVD Pocket Wizard and the Samsung program had no trouble converting those for the i85. Unfortunately the conversion program requires a Windows based computer.
Like all cameras lacking a view finder the Samsung is hard to use in very bright sunlight because of the mirror glare on the screen. There is an option in the settings to turn on backlighting and that does help. But if you are a beach person you may have to use a t-shirt or something to cut down on the reflected glare.
As others report, the earphone port is 2.5mm. I am going to buy a short 2.5 male to 3.5 female adapter cable. If you do the same be sure to get one with the 2.5 male plug running at a right angle. Because of the location of the earphone jack and its cover a straight in plug will not work well.
Great camera 5++ stars!
Customer Rating:
Summary: can't work all the features
Comment: I've read the other comments. I can't get the rapid-shot feature to work. It takes time. I read the manual and could not figure it out, and I'm relatively camera-savvy. I've had others. I ordered this for the a)rapid-shot feature and b)multi-face-recognition feature. I can't even get the single-face recognition to work.
I'll keep trying, but if someone would be kind enough to write and explain how to work these features, I'd rate it a 5.
Oh, about customer service. I called because the internal memory, which has about 1500 tourist pix on it, kept downloading them every time I tried to download my pictures, using the internal memory. I was told I'd have to use a memory card, that if I use the internal memory, those 1500 pix will download every time. Grrrrrr. Then, she was lauging. I really don't appreciate that. You take your chances when you call.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best Slim Camera
Comment: It is the best slim camera i have ever used. The picture quality is good and zoom is also satisfactory. The video quality is also amazing. The best part of this camera is that it has MP3 player also with very good sound quality and different modes like a real player. It is worth to buy this.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Style meets fantasic Samsung quality
Comment: I haven't used this camera much. The "beach/snow" setting is excellent at controlling brightness in the snow. It takes excellent still photos. The only problem I've had is with capturing my dog. She moves much faster than the camera. If the camera needs to warm up then it can take up to 4 seconds , when using the flash, to take the picture.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for Study Abroad Trips
Comment: I searched for a few days for a camera that had high resolution with image stabilization, decent video capture, usb chargeable and a built in media player. The media player function was important because it allows me to travel light with a great camera and a way to watch movies and listen to music.
I have had this camera for over a month in Europe and have had great results. If you know how to use the settings you can take amazing pictures in quick succession. Don't worry about battery power, you can take many pictures and video and still have enough power to listen to music for a few hours.
The wide angel setting and wise shot setting are great when combined with Photoshop CS3s photomerge option to produce seamless panoramic pictures. On the optical side, this camera performs well considering that it is fully enclosed in the cameras body. Speaking about the camera's body it is very durable because its real metal and stylish, not some cheap plastic shell.
CONCLUSION
If you want a very portable camera with extra media features and a capable camera this is it. If you are looking for a very small camera just to take pictures and thats it try the Canon Elf 1000.
Summary: A excellent value especially with the PMP function
Comment: I have found the Samsung i85 to be a terrific value. The photos are great, extra batteries are readily available and inexpensive. I have not had any trouble with delays in shooting indoor flash pictures... two or three seconds between photos. Maybe some who have mentioned this issue received bad samples, have slow cards, or weak batteries or some combination of these factors.
The personal movie player is wonderful. The Samsung conversion program will not directly convert a DVD into a movie that you can use on the camera. Any ripper that can convert a Video TS file to an avi file will work. You can then convert them into the proper format. I already had some movies that I had converted to Palm format with DVD Pocket Wizard and the Samsung program had no trouble converting those for the i85. Unfortunately the conversion program requires a Windows based computer.
Like all cameras lacking a view finder the Samsung is hard to use in very bright sunlight because of the mirror glare on the screen. There is an option in the settings to turn on backlighting and that does help. But if you are a beach person you may have to use a t-shirt or something to cut down on the reflected glare.
As others report, the earphone port is 2.5mm. I am going to buy a short 2.5 male to 3.5 female adapter cable. If you do the same be sure to get one with the 2.5 male plug running at a right angle. Because of the location of the earphone jack and its cover a straight in plug will not work well.
Great camera 5++ stars!
Customer Rating:
Summary: can't work all the features
Comment: I've read the other comments. I can't get the rapid-shot feature to work. It takes time. I read the manual and could not figure it out, and I'm relatively camera-savvy. I've had others. I ordered this for the a)rapid-shot feature and b)multi-face-recognition feature. I can't even get the single-face recognition to work.
I'll keep trying, but if someone would be kind enough to write and explain how to work these features, I'd rate it a 5.
Oh, about customer service. I called because the internal memory, which has about 1500 tourist pix on it, kept downloading them every time I tried to download my pictures, using the internal memory. I was told I'd have to use a memory card, that if I use the internal memory, those 1500 pix will download every time. Grrrrrr. Then, she was lauging. I really don't appreciate that. You take your chances when you call.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best Slim Camera
Comment: It is the best slim camera i have ever used. The picture quality is good and zoom is also satisfactory. The video quality is also amazing. The best part of this camera is that it has MP3 player also with very good sound quality and different modes like a real player. It is worth to buy this.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Style meets fantasic Samsung quality
Comment: I haven't used this camera much. The "beach/snow" setting is excellent at controlling brightness in the snow. It takes excellent still photos. The only problem I've had is with capturing my dog. She moves much faster than the camera. If the camera needs to warm up then it can take up to 4 seconds , when using the flash, to take the picture.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for Study Abroad Trips
Comment: I searched for a few days for a camera that had high resolution with image stabilization, decent video capture, usb chargeable and a built in media player. The media player function was important because it allows me to travel light with a great camera and a way to watch movies and listen to music.
I have had this camera for over a month in Europe and have had great results. If you know how to use the settings you can take amazing pictures in quick succession. Don't worry about battery power, you can take many pictures and video and still have enough power to listen to music for a few hours.
The wide angel setting and wise shot setting are great when combined with Photoshop CS3s photomerge option to produce seamless panoramic pictures. On the optical side, this camera performs well considering that it is fully enclosed in the cameras body. Speaking about the camera's body it is very durable because its real metal and stylish, not some cheap plastic shell.
CONCLUSION
If you want a very portable camera with extra media features and a capable camera this is it. If you are looking for a very small camera just to take pictures and thats it try the Canon Elf 1000.
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