Samsung 12MP Dig Camera 5X Opt 3.0IN LCD Red

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.3 x 2.3 inches ; 15.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B002LLPGVE
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: EC-SL720ZBPRUS
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,447 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 15, 2009

Product Description

HD Movie Recording - The 12 MP SL720 includes HD movie capture so you can 'Pause and Re-record' high definition videos and super sharp movie-quality recordings in one movie clip - a Samsung patented function. : Smart Auto (Scene Recognition) - The camera features a 3.0 (230K) TFT LCD screen and Samsung's new Smart Auto (Scene Recognition) technology which has 11 optimized picture pre-settings such as Portrait, Night portrait, Macro, Macro Color - helping people take the perfect shot regardless of the conditions. : Smart Album - The camera's unique Smart Album Digital Contents Management system; a program built into the camera that significantly reduces the time it takes to find your favorite photos - so it's quicker and easier to store and manage your photo collection. : Face, Smile and Blink Detection - Face Detection locates the subject's face within the frame and automatically adjusts focus and exposure to ensure better composition and image quality for portraits; in Blink Detection Mode the camera takes a series of shots when closed eyes are detected so friends and family are always captured with their eyes open; in Smile Mode a picture is automatically taken when smiles are detected. : Dual Image Stabilization - Dual Image Stabilization technology combines Digital and Optical image stabilization to ensure outstanding photos without blur - even in low light conditions. : Effective Pixel - approx. 12.2 megapixel : Image Sensor - 1/2.33'' (approx. 1.09 cm) CCD : Image Size - up to 12 MP (4000 x 3000 pixels) : Lens - Samsung lens 28 mm Wide-angle lens 5x Optical zoom lens (28mm-140mm equiv to 35mm camera) : LCD monitor - 3.0-inch LCD approx. 230,000 pixels : Image Stabilization - Dual Image Stabilization (Optical IS + Digital IS) : Movie - 720p HD / H.264 Format (Optional HDMI Cradle) : Media - SD / SDHC memory card : Dimensions - 3.77 x 2.34 x 0.94

Customer Reviews

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice compact with lot of features and takes decent pictures, December 5, 2009

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LEDZEP "Dave" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung 12MP Dig Camera 5X Opt 3.0IN LCD Red (Electronics)

Purchased this camera about a week ago. It has a lot of features and the picture quality is good. The HD video is very good. I was impressed by the video clarity and the fact that you can zoom in and out while in video mode. The only thing I did not care for was that you cannot change the ISO setting in all of the picture modes. I believe you can only change it in one or two modes. I feel the ISO is to high in the other modes and adds some noise, but once you turn the ISO down it takes really good pictures. Nice 5x optical lens and great battery life. It's a great value for the money and very portable. Fits in shirt or pants pocket easily. I chose this camera over the Canon SD1200 IS and don't regret it.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Samsung SL720, December 8, 2009

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joe01880 "Joe" (Boston) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung 12MP Dig Camera 5X Opt 3.0IN LCD Red (Electronics)

I am revising this review to reflect dealsings with Samsung customer service. Ordering a cable that connects my camera to the computer for both downloading pictures and charging the battery was a nightmare. The old cable was defective. Three wrong cables, 5 long month and countless clueless customer service reps later i finally got the correct cable. The reps were rude and did not care one bit about the customer. As a result i will never own another Samsung product and would not recomend them to anyone!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just Short of Greatness, January 12, 2010

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AMDad (TX, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung 12MP Dig Camera 5X Opt 3.0IN LCD Red (Electronics)

This camera is frustratingly short of being wonderful, especially for the money.
It takes great pictures that are surprisingly and consistently good, though they lean a little towards being over-saturated with color and a touch "soft" around the edges. The flash is a little strong as well (slightly overexposed?), though that's certainly better than being too weak. As far as the pictures go, we actually preferred this camera to a similar and much more expensive Canon (sd780) because it was more consistent at getting good clear pictures than the Canon, which was hit-or-miss (though when it's good, it's great). On both cameras, we stuck with the "auto" setting.
The video is quite honestly stunning for a camera this affordable - very clear, colorful and stable, though very noisy in low light situations. The thing that KILLED this camera for us was the AUDIO that went with the video; it's terrible! It doesn't sound as if they used any dynamic compression at all, and as a result, the only way you can hear any normally spoken dialogue recorded with the video is by cranking your (PC) speakers all the way up, which then causes louder sounds in the recording to be INCREDIBLY loud during playback! To make matters worse, when turning up the audio that loud to hear the video, there is a very audible mechanized "purring" sound, like the cpu cycles in the camera are getting caught in the recording somehow (we verified it wasn't our PC btw). This is the issue that caused us to send the camera back for a different model; if it wasn't for this, we would have absolutely kept it! (What's the point of filming your 2-yr-old's first words if you can't even hear them?).
Something else to note; this camera allows you to zoom while recording video, which is awesome! (we're looking at you Canon >:-( ) What's NOT so awesome is the automatic audio mute that occurs while zooming. Clearly this was to conceal the motor noise made by the lens as it moves, but we concluded without a doubt that we'd rather have something rather than nothing as the effect during playback is pretty jarring. It would be nice to be able to turn this off, but then you'd still be left with the problems above.