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Samsung PRO815

85

Very Good
  • Pros
  • Huge 3.5-inch LCD and 15X zoom
  • Tons of manual controls
  • Cons
  • Lacks image stabilization
  • Pricing: Very Expensive: $699 (5/10/2007)
  • Performance: Superior: 90
  • Features: Very Good: 82
  • Design: Superior: 90
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Expensive: $699

Performance

Superior: 90
Battery
Battery Life Score Superior 
Number of Batteries 1 
Number of Shots 500 
Battery Life 273.5 
Image Quality Tests (Max. points = 100)
Image Quality Score Very Good 
Image Quality, Color 60.4 
Image Quality, Color--Auto 46.9 
Image Quality, Color--Adjusted 73.9 
Image Quality, Exposure 57.1 
Image Quality, Exposure--Flash 53.4 
Image Quality, Exposure--Normal 58.7 
Image Quality, Sharpness 47.6 
Image Quality, Distortion 47.7 
Image Quality, Distortion--Noise 22.8 
Image Quality, Distortion--Noise Reduction 86.2 
Image Quality, Distortion--Sharp Interpolation 53.7 
Image Quality, Overall 66.7 

Features

Very Good: 82
Imaging
Max. Megapixels 8Megapixels 
Maximum Resolution 3264 by 2448 
Optical Zoom 15X Zoom 
Zoom Range Min. (mm) 28 
Zoom Range Max. (mm) 420 
Highest Shutter Speed 4000 
Lowest Shutter Speed 15 
Wide-Angle Aperture Maximum 2.2 
Telephoto Aperture Maximum 4.6 
Manual Focus Yes 
Interchangeable Lens No 
Lens Model 15x Schneider Lens 
Accessory Lens No 
Hardware
LCD Screen Size (inches) 3.5LCD Screen 
Dimensions 5.3 by 3.4 by 3.1 
Weight (ounces) 30 
Viewfinder Electronic 
Image Stabilization None 
Media Slots CompactFlash 
Starter Media or Internal RAM Yes 
Battery Type Rechargeable lithium ion 
Charging Dock No 
Remote Control Optional 
Flash Shoe Yes 
Controls
Scene Modes 11 
Aperture Priority Yes 
Shutter Priority Yes 
Full Manual Exposure Control Yes 
White-Balance Calibration Yes 
White-Balance Bracketing Yes 
Exposure Bracketing Yes 
ISO Range ISO 50 to ISO 400 
Flash Slow Sync Yes 
File & Printing Formats
Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) Yes 
PictBridge Yes 
File Formats JPEG, TIFF, RAW 
Other
Included Hardware USB cable, camera strap, user manual, product warranty, software CD, av cable, lens adapter, lens hood, lens cap, ac card, battery charger, rechargeable battery, compact flash card. 
Included Software Digimax Master, Digimax Reader 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 10 
Saturday Support Hours 0 
Sunday Support Hours 0 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of product arriving with problems Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Average 
Buyers' rating of product's Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Worse than Average 

Design

Superior: 90
About the Test Center

Samsung Pro815 Review

by Paul Jasper

- The $700 (as of August 25, 2006) Samsung Pro815 is a dream camera for serious photographers. This bulky 8-megapixel camera looks like a digital SLR and packs a multitude of features and settings for the ultimate in control over your pictures.

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User Reviews for Samsung PRO815

  • Reviewed by: amdfast

    Duration of ownership: 2 Months

    Strengths: Optical Zoom very impressive. 3.5 LCD mind blowing. Pictures Quality unbelievable. Indoor picture excellent, clear and bright. Outdoors bright and beautiful.

    Weaknesses: None

    Overall Evaluation: This is a great Camera. One of the best Camera I had so far, and believe me I had a lots of them. I took pictures outdoors with full Zoom and they didn't have any blur at all. Very impressive. I would recommend it, to anybody that love to take pictures.

  • Reviewed by: pawtraitd

    Duration of ownership: 2 Months

    Strengths: long zoom, uses compact flash storage, long battery life

    Weaknesses: heavy, shutter lag, focus hunts in low light

    Overall Evaluation: Even though it say Pro in the name it is far from it. An entry level dSLR Canon or Nukon would have been a better but. Focusing is slow and erratic in low light, shutter lag causes problems with action photography - you can use multiple image capture, but I prefer to take on shot and get it right. Also the electronic viewfinder is HORRIBLE - a pro needs optical. $500 would be too much for this camera - $700 is robbery.

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