Product Description

Samsung L830 enables users to further express their creativity with its "Fun" feature. This unique feature allows shooters to create a composite photo by saving up to four individual images as one, highlight an image by sharpening the foreground and softening the focus of the background, as well as customize their saved images with photo frames, stickers of various shapes and cartoon text bubbles.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29365 in Camera & Photo
• Color: Black
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: L830B
• Released on: 2007-09-19
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds
• Display size: 2.5

Features

• 8.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints
• 3x optical zoom with Advanced Shake Reduction (ASR); 2.5-inch LCD display
• Face Detection detects up to nine faces and automatically adjusts for optimal focus and exposure
• Fun feature allows shooters to composite photos, blur backgrounds, and add frames, stickers, or text bubbles
• Stores images on SD memory cards (16MB internal memory included); powered by lithium-ion battery

From the Manufacturer
Samsung today announced the launch of the L830--one of two new additions to its popular L-Series of compact digital cameras. Boasting a high-resolution 8.1 megapixel imaging sensor, the L830 is packed with advanced functions and controls that are sure to enhance the imaging experience of today's digital snap-shooter.

In a slim, aluminum body measuring 3.74 x 2.32 x .83 inches, the L830 packs a 3x optical zoom SHD lens, with a maximum shutter speed of 1/1,500 second to help caand Beach and Snow, the L830 gives shooters the ability to capture the best image possible in a variety of settings. Users can also review, edit and customize their images right on the camera, using the bright 2.5-inch LCD screen.

By using the camera's special effects "E" button, users can easily access various creative controls, including options for resizing and rotating images, adjusting brightness, contrast, and saturation levels, fixing red eye, and manipulating color such as saving captured images as Black and White, Sepia, Red, Blue, Green, and Negative. Additionally, with the color filter option, shooters can choose to keep a section of their saved image in color and leave the rest in black and white.

With an ISO equivalent of 1600 and Samsung's ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction) image stabilization system, the L830 gives shooters the ability to capture sharp and clear images when in low-light situations. ASR is a proprietary technology that helps to minimize the effects of hand shake and ensure that the best shots are captured in dimly lit conditions or where the use of a flash is not desirable.

By using the L830's Face Detection feature, which detects up to nine faces and automatically adjusts focus and exposure to ensure better composition and image quality, shooters can easily improve the photos that they take of their family and friends. The L830 is also equipped with Samsung's i-movie mode, which offers users SVGA resolution (800 x 592), MPEG-4 video, and advanced editing controls. By using the camera's Successive Recording mode, users can pause and then resume filming of video clips without having to save the clips as individual files. Additionally, users can operate the camera's optical zooms while filming.

Enabling users to further express their creativity is the "Fun" feature. This unique feature allows shooters to create a composite photo by saving up to four individual images as one, highlight an image by sharpening the foreground and softening the focus of the background, as well as customize their saved images with photo frames, stickers of various shapes, and cartoon text bubbles. All images can be saved to the 16MB of internal memory on the L830 or to an external SDHC/SD card with a guaranteed maximum of 4GB.

Customer Reviews

Great camera, Very User Friendly
I purchased this camera for my father for Christmas. He had previously used a Fuji fine pix that had to have the alkaline batteries replaced very frequently. It was very important to me that the rechargeable batteries last a long time. I have a Samsung digital camera as well and knew that the rechargeable battery held it's charge a long time. This camera does not disappoint. It takes great pictures and is very user friendly. I wanted to make sure the buttons were easily distinguishable and simple for him to decipher. I am very happy with this purchase and would recommend it to others because of it's great picture quality, long life rechargeable battery and ease of use.

Excellent low-priced point and shoot
Takes great pictures with proper lighting, flash is quite a bit more filling than expected for a small camera.

Pictures with the flash (and relatively close subjects) seem to come out very good, with great balance of lighting, color, and sharp focus.

There is a lot of noise when there is insufficient light, and (at least on the camera I got), there seemed to be strange banding in the low-light noising areas.

By default it seems the flash wants to be in Red-Eye fix mode, in which it post-processes the image after taking the picture to remove red-eye. Nice feature, but I prefer it to be disabled as it can take a long time to process the images and it means it's not ready to take pictures for a while. It's disabled with the click of a button, but changing modes and/or powering the camera off returns this "default" setting. There is a traditional two-flash red-eye mode, but I prefer any post processing to be handled by my photo software and not so much by the camera.

ISO higher than 800, too noisy, however, there are quite a bit of manual settings on it that can allow you to minimize some of the auto settings.

Low-light focusing has issues as there's no infrared sensor, so at times it's best to focus several times before taking the picture to find the right focal length.

Great camera!
If you're looking for the best under $200 this is it! A great camera full of many easy to use features at a great price.