Product Description

With 10.2 MP and a powerful optical zoom, it's easy to capture every detail. And you won't have to worry about flawed photos. It comes with a slew of tools to beautify those not-so-perfect shots. The SAMSUNG Perfect Portrait System includes beauty shot that automatically retouches facial imperfections and the Smart Auto feature. It automatically selects the scene mode ideal for the environment you're shooting in. Capture all of your special moments with a camera that helps you create stunning photos. Samsung's perfect portrait system includes beauty shot, face detection, self-portrait, smile shot, blink detection, and red-eye fix - everything you need to create beautiful photos effortlessly. For example, beauty shot automatically retouches imperfections on your subject's face. And taking self-shots are easy with the self-portrait feature. The camera lets you know if the face is detected in the center of the image so you get the whole picture. With a 5x optical zoom, you'll get up close and personal with every subject. Plus, a slim, stylish design makes the mounted inner zoom lens easier to use and carry. A special coating on both sides of the lenses prevents false color and distortion while delivering outstanding picture quality. Take the best photos possible, with the Smart Auto feature. It automatically selects one of 11 scene modes that best suit the environment you're shooting in. For example, it automatically sets the camera to landscape scene mode if you're taking an image of a mountain range, and then switches gears and automatically selects the portrait scene mode if you proceed to take an image of an individual. Shooting Programs Landscape, portrait mode, night mode, text, close-up, back light, beach/snow, self-portrait, children, fireworks, dawn/dusk, sunset, beauty shot Special Effects Soft, Cool, Negative, Black & White, Sepia, Neutral, Vivid, Calm, Forest Maximum Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec / M

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #786 in Camera & Photo
• Color: Black
• Brand: Samsung
• Model: SL420 Black
• Dimensions: 3.00" h x 7.00" w x 6.00" l, .90 pounds
• CPU: AMD Athlon 1 GHz
• Memory: 128000MB DRAM
• Hard Disk: 1GB
• Processors: 1
• Native resolution: 640x480
• Display size: 2.7

Features

• 10.2 Megapixel delivers up to 3648 x 2736 pixels still picture resolution
• 5X optical zoom (5X digital) with 35mm equivalent focal length - 35-175mm
• Dual Image Stabilization
• Internal memory - 40 MB / External memory (recommended)
• Light Sensitivity ISO 100, ISO 800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 80, ISO 1600, ISO auto, ISO 3200

Customer Reviews

Great value for the price
I did a lot of research on digital cameras before settling on this one. I couldn't afford much more than $100, and yet I wanted 10mpx, low noise, long battery life, and good color reproduction and sharpness. This samsung kept recurring in all my queries, and after checking it out, I took a chance that low price didn't always mean low quality--and this time I was very lucky. This is a great camera: easy to learn, easy to use, small enough to easily fit in a purse, yet large enough to fit a man's hand without slipping out accidentally. And I'm very impressed with the quality photos it shoots. I would have liked more manual control, but that would be in another market niche--and this was a unit purchased with my wife in mind. Highly recommend it for people looking for an inexpensive camera which is simple to use, and yet shoots very good photos.

Great Camera!
I have really enjoyed this camera for the couple months I have had it. We upgraded from another Samsung camera we have had for about 5 years and loved. I chose this one because I wanted the 5x zoom and we won't be blowing our pictures up, so I didn't need the 12mp. It takes beautiful shots, nice and clear with great color. It also takes suprisingly good video for what it is. You'll need a decent sized SD card for the video, though!

The smart mode is good, but sometimes takes a really long time to take the picture. I have missed a couple of awesome shots of my son (he's 2) because of how long it took to snap the pic. I use the auto or P mode most often now to avoid some of that.

Overall, I highly recommend this little camera. It's been a vast improvement over our old one and we will hopefully have it for a long time!

Sumsung SL420
Pictures and videos have amazing quality. Takes pictures fast and ready to shoot again. The AUTO balance is almost always pirfect. One of the greatest features - can zoom during shooting the video (most of the cameras can't do it).
BUT I was really disappointed when I ran out of memory very quick, because the video was very heavy on megabites - for 2 Gigs it could only record 12 min of video. The pics were ok - the same 3 Megs. So this camera would be perfect for someone who wants to use video just occasionaly and not a lot. Or get 8 or 16 Gig Memory card with it, it would give you about 1-2 hours of video.