Samsung DV150F - Best $100 camera?

[megadarkwood]

I own this point-and-shoot and use it for day to day pictures and some video. It preforms extremely well for the price and has some really nice features.

 

 

The camera has 2 screens (see above), it has a 16.2MP sensor, and Wi-Fi.

 

Here are the full specs:

 

 

Image sensor

Effective Pixel

16.2MP

Total Pixel

16.6MP Image Sensor Type 16M CCD Lens Type Samsung Lens Optical Zoom 5x

Digital Zoom

Still Image mode : 1.0X~5.0X

Focal Length

Samsung 5x Zoom Lens f = 4.5 ~ 22.5mm

F No.

2.5(W) ~ 6.3(T) Shutter Speed Modes Smart Auto : 1/8 ~ 1/2,000 sec., Program : 1 ~ 1/2000 sec., Night : 16 ~ 1/2,000 sec., Fireworks : 2 sec. Exposure

Compensation

±2EV (1/3EV steps)

Control

Program AE

ISO Equivalent

Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200

Metering System

Multi, Spot, Center-weighted, Face Detection AE Focusing Modes TTL Auto Focus (Center AF, Multi AF, Object Tracking AF, Face Detection AF) Range Normal : 80cm ~ Infinity (Wide), 250cm ~ Infinity (Tele) Macro : 5cm~80cm (Wide), 100cm ~ 250cm (Tele) Auto Macro : 5cm~Infinity (Wide), 100cm~Infinity (Tele) Shooting Modes Mode : Smart Auto, Program, Scene, Self Shot, Photo Filter, Beauty Shot, Split Shot, Motion Photo, Jump Shot, Children, Close up, Beauty Palette, Wigshot(only for SSA), Magic Frame, Live Panorama, Night Shot, Smart Movie, Movie, Movie filter * Scene : Landscape, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Beach & Snow * Smart Auto: Portrait, Night Portrait, Night, Backlight Portrait, Backlight, Landscape, White, Macro, Macro Text, Tripod, Action, Macro Color, Natural Green, Blue Sky, Sunset Sky, Fireworks * Continuous: Single, Continuous, Motion Capture, AEB * Photo Filter : Miniature / Vignetting / Ink Painting / Oil Painting / Cartoon / Cross Filter / Sketch / Soft focus / Fish Eye / Old Film / Half Tone Dot / Classic / Retro / Zooming Shot Display Main LCD Screen 2.7” TFT LCD Resolution 460K Front LCD Screen 1.5" Video Movie Clip Max. recording time : 20 min. 720p / H.264 Movie Requirements MP4

Resolution

720p@30fps Flash Modes Auto, Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Red-eye fix Recharging Time Approx. 4 sec Range Wide : 0.2m ~ 4.1m, Tele : 0.5m ~ 1.4m Image Stabilization

DIS (Digital Image Stabilization)

Yes Smart Settings Smart Auto Yes Smart Filter (Movie) Miniature / Vignetting / Half Tone Dot / Sketch / Fish-eye / Classic / Retro / Palette Effect 1 / Palette Effect 2 / Palette Effect 3 / Palette Effect 4 Sharpness Sharpness Soft+, Soft, Normal, Vivid, Vivid+ White Balance Modes Auto WB, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent_H, Fluorescent_L, Tungsten, Custom Storage

File Format

*Still Image: JPEG (DCF), EXIF 2.21, GIF *Movie Clip: MP4 (Video: MPEG-4.AVC/H.264, Audio: AAC) Image Size 16 M: 4,608 x 3,456 / 14 MP: 4,608 x 3,072 / 12 MW: 4,608 x 2,592 / 10 M: 3,648 x 2,736 / 5 M: 2,592 x 1,944 / 3 M: 1,984 x 1,488 / 2 MW: 1920 x 1080 / 1 M: 1,024 x 768 External Memory (Optional) micro SD™ (up to 2GB guaranteed) micro SDHC (up to 32GB guaranteed), micro SDXC (up to 64GB guaranteed) Still Image

Shooting

Mode : Smart Auto, Program, Scene, Self Shot, Photo Filter, Beauty Shot, Split Shot, Motion Photo, Jump Shot, Children, Close up, Beauty Palette, Wigshot(only for SSA), Magic Frame, Live Panorama, Night Shot, Smart Movie, Movie, Movie filter * Scene : Landscape, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Beach & Snow * Smart Auto: Portrait, Night Portrait, Night, Backlight Portrait, Backlight, Landscape, White, Macro, Macro Text, Tripod, Action, Macro Color, Natural Green, Blue Sky, Sunset Sky, Fireworks * Continuous: Single, Continuous, Motion Capture, AEB * Photo Filter : Miniature / Vignetting / Ink Painting / Oil Painting / Cartoon / Cross Filter / Sketch / Soft focus / Fish Eye / Old Film / Half Tone Dot / Classic / Retro / Zooming Shot * Self timer: Off, 10 sec., 2 sec., Double(10 sec., 2 sec.) Image Playback Options Single image, Thumbnails, Advanced Slide Show, Movie Clip, Smart Album Date Imprinting Date Imprinting Date&Time, Date, Off (user selectable) Audio Microphone Mono Speaker Mono Wireless Connectivity WiFi Yes Inputs & Outputs USB 2.0 Yes Video Out AV : NTSC, PAL (User selectable) Dimensions Product Size (WxHxD) 3.74" x 2.22" x 0.72" (0.78") Weight Product without battery and card 0.22 lbs. Power DC power input 5.0V Power Source Connector Type: Micro-USB, HDMI Battery BP70a System Requirements Windows PC with processor better than Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 2.2 GHz or higher Minimum 512MB RAM (Over 1GB recommended) Windows XP SP2 / Vista / 7 / 8 250MB of available hard-disk space (Over 1GB recommend) USB 2.0 port CD-ROM drive nVIDIA Geforce 7600GT or later / Ati X1600 series or later 1024×768 pixels, 16-bit color display compatible monitor (1280x1024, 32-bit color display recommended) Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or later Macintosh Power Mac G3 or later Mac OS 10.5 or higher Minimum 256MB RAM 110MB of available hard-disk space USB port CD-ROM drive Operating Conditions

Humidity

5 - 85%

Temperature

32-104° F Software Included in Box Intelli-studio, Adobe Reader

(Full specs: http://www.samsung.com/us/photography/digital-cameras/EC-DV150FBPLUS-specs)

 

 

The MSRP is $120 but I picked mine up at around $100 and it usually is on sale for that much.

 

Now, you might be thinking "What the fuck? 2 screens? What is this, a camera for white girls?" (No offence). Well, it is designed to be but it can be used for a lot more, it can be used for framing low shots, when the camera is in a place where you can't see the back screen, and mainly selfies!

 

I used this camera yesterday in -50C weather and it worked perfectly fine (My fingers didn't though), I wouldn't use it in -50C constantly though.

 

The video the camera takes is in 720p 30fps, it is pretty nice but the auto-focus is meh.

 

Sample pictures:

 

(I have more but I am at school and for some reason I can't upload)

 

LINK: http://www.samsung.com/us/photography/digital-cameras/EC-DV150FBPLUS

 

If you have any questions please ask them and I will answer to the best of my ability

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

i gonna buy this cam. looks cool. Best for my use . Thanks

[Excon]

And I paid 400$ for a camera half as good, albeit 4 years ago.

[megadarkwood]

And I paid 400$ for a camera half as good, albeit 4 years ago.

The tech in cameras advances like crazy, you probably got an amazing camera 4 years ago.

[Ruostunut kokis]

Maybe I should've gotten this instead of the Sony HDR-CX260VE (camcorder) as I mostly take pictures with it now... (Though the 30x optical zoom is nice on it). Next time however saving for a DSLR.

 

For a point-and-shoot camera of that price, appears to be well worth the price tag.