Samsung Digimax S85 8.2 Megapixel Digital Camera (Silver)

I purchase the camera back in December and i find it really good for most occasions. Its a good point and click camera, quite a few settings for different occasions.

I do find the menu system abit challenging at time, there's an option for the basics of the camera and then there's an option for each setting in the camera and half the time I dont know what does what. The guide isnt too clear on everything.

The only down falls I see compared to my old kodak camera is that when you take your first photo it takes 7 - 10 seconds to allow you to take another photo.
In night mode when you actually use it as night the camera will take a very long time saying Capturing and when it does flash it'll take a while saying Processing. Which at the end of the shot the photo it took may not be that good with blurs.

I wouldn't buy and use this camera if your planning on using it as a gig unless it's very well lite and the person on stage stands still for a while. You'll need… more »

I purchase the camera back in December and i find it really good for most occasions. Its a good point and click camera, quite a few settings for different occasions.

I do find the menu system abit challenging at time, there's an option for the basics of the camera and then there's an option for each setting in the camera and half the time I dont know what does what. The guide isnt too clear on everything.

The only down falls I see compared to my old kodak camera is that when you take your first photo it takes 7 - 10 seconds to allow you to take another photo.
In night mode when you actually use it as night the camera will take a very long time saying Capturing and when it does flash it'll take a while saying Processing. Which at the end of the shot the photo it took may not be that good with blurs.

I wouldn't buy and use this camera if your planning on using it as a gig unless it's very well lite and the person on stage stands still for a while. You'll need something that has a sports/action mode which sadly this camera doesn't have.

Battery life is good if you get some decent batteries, you need Mah 2500 for this camera so I went for Mah 2700 for that extra umph.

Optical zoom is good, digital zoom is alright, video I must say is alright but not as good as sometimes you'll hear this buzzing. You'll need a memory card for this as it takes up alot of memory with it's 8.2 MB resolution, maybe turn it down to 5 to say that extra space.

I would recommend a case as the camera isn't that tough.

Overall good camera for general use.

Bought this camera a few weeks ago now- and it's served ,me well so far, with good quality photos/images, as well as the camera itself being nice and compact. A criticism would be that when it's on the night mode, i found it rather slow to load as it does take some time and can be very slightly annoying (but not much of a problem) . I would advise you that if you were going to buy this camera, as it takes AA batteries (and batteries waste very fast in digital cameras), to buy some rechargeable AA batteries which will save on the cost of batteries as well as protecting the environment and being a lot cost effective. Maybe that's just me though, as I basically start taking pictures of anything (so maybe i just use it too much and you may not need rechargeable batteries. By the way, another thing to be aware of is that due to the size of the lens being slightly large even when closed it is quite difficult to find a suitable protective case to carry it around in, as it is classed as a… more »

Bought this camera a few weeks ago now- and it's served ,me well so far, with good quality photos/images, as well as the camera itself being nice and compact. A criticism would be that when it's on the night mode, i found it rather slow to load as it does take some time and can be very slightly annoying (but not much of a problem) . I would advise you that if you were going to buy this camera, as it takes AA batteries (and batteries waste very fast in digital cameras), to buy some rechargeable AA batteries which will save on the cost of batteries as well as protecting the environment and being a lot cost effective. Maybe that's just me though, as I basically start taking pictures of anything (so maybe i just use it too much and you may not need rechargeable batteries. By the way, another thing to be aware of is that due to the size of the lens being slightly large even when closed it is quite difficult to find a suitable protective case to carry it around in, as it is classed as a larger compact camera. So far none of the ones I have found have been big enough. Hope you've found this review helpful. Thanks alot.