Samsung Digimax i85 8.2MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom (Silver)
Samsung Digimax i85 8.2MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom (Silver)
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List Price: $ 299.95
best Price :$ 74.95
Published on: Nov 14, 2011 @ 20:17 please check price update(price will lower or up)
- 8.2-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints
- 5x optical zoom; 3.0-inch LCD display
- Face Recognition autofocus and autoexposure, MP3 player, SRS WOW HD sound effects, and PMP
- Built-in World Tour Guide function covering 2,600 regions in 30 countries
- Powered by lithium-ion battery (battery and charger included); stores images on SD memory card
Technical Details
- Sensor: 1/2.5″ type CCD; 8.4 million pixels total; 8.1 million effective pixels
- Image sizes: 3264 x 2448; 3264 x 2176; 3264 x 1836; 2592 x 1944; 2048 x 1536; 1024 x 768
- Movie clips: 800 x 592 at 20 frames per second (fps); 640 x 480 at 30/15 fps; 320 x 240 at 30/15 fps; 5x optical zoom; movie stabilizer (user selectable); movie editing: pause during recording, still image capture, time trimming
- File formats: JPEG Exif v2.2; AVI (MPEG-4)
- Lens: 5x optical zoom; 36-180mm (35mm equiv); f3.5-f4.9
- Image stabilization: ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction)
- Conversion lenses: No
- Digital zoom: Up to 5x
- Focus modes: TTL Autofocus; Macro; Super Macro; Auto Macro
- Focus distance: Normal: 80 centimeters to infinity; macro: 5 to 80 centimeters (wide), 30 to 80 centimeters (telephoto); super macro (wide): 1 to 5 centimeters; auto macro: 5 centimeters to infinity
- AF area modes: Multi AF; Center AF; Face Recognition AF
- Metering: Multi; Spot; Center Weighted; Face Recognition
- ISO sensitivity: Auto; ISO 80; ISO 100; ISO 200; ISO 400; ISO 800; ISO 1600
- Exposure compensation: +/- 2EV in 1/3EV steps
- Exposure bracketing: Yes (unspecified)
- Shutter speed: Up to 1/1000 second (large iris), 1/2000 second (small iris)
- Modes: Auto, Program, ASR, Scene
- Scene modes: Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Text, Close-up, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach and Snow, Self shot, Café, Food
- White balance: Auto; Daylight; Cloudy; Fluorescent H; Fluorescent L; Tungsten; Custom
- White balance fine tune: No
- Self timer: 2 or 10 seconds, double self-timer
- Continuous shooting: Full-resolution: 3 fps or 2 fps; maximum of 7 images in standard mode, 5 images in fine mode
- Image parameters: Color Effect: Normal, BW, Sepia, Red, Blue, Green, Negative, Custom Color, Color Mask; Image Adjust: Saturation, Sharpness; Fun: Cartoon, Photo Frame, High Light, Composite
- Image editing: Image Edit: Resize, Rotate, Trimming; Color Effect: Normal, BW, Sepia, Red, Blue, Green, Negative, Custom Color Color Filter, Color Filter; Image Adjust: Brightness, Contrast, Add Noise, Saturation, Red Eye Fix; Fun: Cartoon, Photo Frame, High Light, Composite, Sticker
- Flash: Auto; Auto and Red-eye reduction; Fill-in flash; Slow sync; Flash off; Red-eye fix; Range: Up to 4.0 meters (wide), up to 2.85 meters (telephoto)
- Viewfinder: No
- LCD monitor: 3.0-inch TFT LCD; 230,000 pixel
- Connectivity: DC in; AV out (NTSC/PAL); USB 2.0
- Print compliance: EXIF 2.2; PictBridge 1.0; DPOF 1.1
- Storage: SD/SDHC/MMC card; internal memory: 173MB available to user
- Power: Li-ion battery pack (SLB-1137D: 3.7V, 1100mAh); optional AC adapter
- Other functions: MP3 playback, PMP (Portable Media Player), World Tour Guide, Text Viewer, Storage Driver, Voice Recorder
- Dimensions: 95 x 61.5 x 20.2 millimeters (3.7 x 2.4 x 0.8 inches)
- What’s in the box: Samsung Digimax i85, user manual/product warranty, camera strap, AC adapter, USB cable, software CD, earphones, AV cable, reschargeable battery
Digimax i85 – Camera (8.2 mega pixels 5x optical zoom). MP3 player PMP(Portable Multimedia Player) World Tour Guide. Camcorder Text viewer Voice recorder Portable disk. 3.0″ TFT LCD (230K). World Tour Guide. Face Detection AF & AE. i-Movie (MPEG4 SVGA Quality 800X592 size). ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction).
List Price:$ 299.95
best Price :$ 74.95
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about 1 year ago
Samsung i85 (Silver) –Great Product, Crisp Pics, and Easy to Use,
I purchased this camera after doing some lengthy research. I looked at Casio Exilim EX-V7(suffers from mediocre image quality) or EX-v8 (probably much more comparble to this camera) and Konica Minolta Dimage X1 (also medicore picture quality) models as well, with the criteria being a small, portable camera, with a non-protruding lens. In addition, I wanted video at least similar or better than the Flip Video Camcorders, which can do an hour of low quality video in a small package.
I’ve owned this camera for two weeks now and used it for still images, video cam, and mp3 player purposes. I have not tested it’s ability to play videos (PMP mode) downloaded from the web.
It is compatible with Windows XP (tested), Mac OS X10.5.1 (tested), and Ubuntu Linux (tested). Windows requires the install disc which is included. Mac and Linux auto open their respective photo viewing software for import with no additional drivers and the camera shows up as a removable hard drive on your desktop. The included extra software only works in windows, but it is not essential except if you want to view videos downloaded from the web in your camera. It stores images in jpg format, videos in avi format, and music up to 320kb quality as mp3 format.
The image quality is excellent, with crisp, sharp pictures, and good, accurate colors. Of course it has a million override settings which also allow you more control if desired.
It’s best two features are the ASR (Anti Shake Reduction) and Face Recognition capabilities. My hands are not as steady as they used to be and the ASR produces quality shots every time.
The camera is quick to shoot and there is no noticeable shutter lag (at least compared to my previous camera, a Sony DSC-S85, which is now retired). Those other reviewers who complain of camera lag or bad photos in dark are not using the appropriate settings. The camera has different settings, such as night, “cafe”, fireworks, and other settings they may be what they need and they may not fully understand settings such as “ISO 1600″, and so forth. I encourage them to read the very clear manual and try it again…
This camera uses standard SD cards and I use both a Dane-Elec 4GB 133x SD card and a 2 GB SanDisk Ultra II SD card. I have easily recorded one hour videos with these with room to spare. It has several settings for frames per minute and it can do 30fps at 640 x 480. This format is easily converted into a DVD with your favorite computer software.
The mp3 player produces great quality sound and has an equalizer which will adjust your music according to your preference, such as Rock, Jazz, Classical, etc. The only drawback is that the earphones included are not up to hi fi standards and if you want to upgrade the earbuds, the earphone socket is 2.5mm in size (a smaller size which is usually used by cell phones). If you want to plug in your Grado headphones you will need an adaptor (which is not included).
In summary, I highly recommend this camera/multi-device. If you are looking for an easy to use camera which will produce very satisfying results, this is it.
Pros:
Super compact, fits in your jeans pocket.
Nice size LCD screen for easy viewing.
Very fast start-up.
ASR and Face Recognition modes are a huge help.
Fast focus in most all conditions.
Movie mode is incredible.
Sharpness, colors, all are very pleasing.
Nice build quality, polished metal casing.
Cons:
2.5mm earphone jack is not directly compatible with most hi fi earbuds.
No carrying case included.
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|about 1 year ago
this camera has one big downfall,
As another person has mentioned – this camera has one big “con” – when taking indoor pictures, especially of darker rooms or items, it can take an EXCESSIVE time after the flash goes off before you are able to take another picture. Either the green standby LED keeps flashing, and /or the word “Processing!” comes across the screen – sometimes for up to 12 seconds, before the camera “comes back” and is ready to take another shot.
Another weird annoyance – when the camera finally does recover from the last picture, there is a bug that sometimes happens with the shutter button – it acts “dead” until you try pressing it 2 , sometimes 3, attempts, at which point it seems to “wake back up”. Weird. You’d be really screwed at an indoor wedding if you were trying to take pictures of couples making their entrance, dances, etc.
10 seconds is how long cameras took in the early 90′s to recover for “next shot” . Inexcusable today, with 4gig SDHD cards, huge internal memory, fast processors, etc.
Finally – after charging the the (very unique) battery – it went from 3(full) bars, right down to 2 bars really quickly (doing a mix of stills & video tests) – and subsequently dying very quickly.
I used it about a half hour, and the battery was dead?!
Yes – this camera has a combination of features and image quality, thats hard if not impossible to match (next closest thing is the rather poor-pictured Casio EXV8)…. but there is definitely something funky going on with the i85 that really is a fatal flaw for indoor shooting.
I called tech support, and in typical corporate-speak, they “never heard” that complaint, said they would email the product team to get back to me- that was only 2 business days ago. Maybe the next revision if the otherwise great i85 will fix these problems.
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