Customer Reviews

Samsung Digimax 430 4MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I bought this camera #1, for the price. I have been an avid film SLR user for many years. I must say I was very skeptical about buying a digital point and shoot camera. Let me explain why I bought it. My father, who lives 2 hours away, was recently diagnosed with cancer, and has not been able to see our 2 week old newborn son. We also have a 3 year old son. When I found this camera, at such a low price, I figured I would give it a try, and if I didn't like it, I would simply return it. I took a few test shots inside and outside, under different lighting conditions, and took them to my local Target and had 4x6 prints made to see how well they turned out. I must honestly say that both my husband and I were truly impressed and surprised at the quality of the prints we received back. They were very true to life, and the colors and the clarity were outstanding from this little 4 mp camera. I am also happy with the fact that this camera can shoot short videos WITH SOUND, which can be very hard to find in this price range. Now I can send my family updated pictures, daily, of our children, as well as short videos. I would recommend this camera to anyone!

Complaints:
1. Don't buy this camera if you take mostly indoor pictures! - dim pictures-regardless of the settings. We have compared this Camera to three other digital cameras for indoor pictures - it's not very good under average to poor lighting conditions. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 highest) - I rate camera about a 3 or 4 for indoor use. We are returning the camera for a refund because of this problem.
2 The Digimax 430 takes only two AA batteries, when it should probably have been designed to take 4 AA batteries - so the battery life is rather short (particularly in video mode) We were using only the regular 'Duracell' Alkaline batterys for all out photo tests - So you may be able to do better with a longer lasting type.

Good Points:
In all fairness, the outdoor shots were very good - stills & video.
The craftsmanship and design of the camera body is very good.
The optical zoom worked well and was clear and in focus.
The video mode worked real good - but did drain the batteries a bit faster.
The sound and mike pickup was remarkably good(using video) for such a small camera.
The Menu and controls are easy to use and well thought out.
The Camera case is nice and also has some soft padding.
The packing, manual, software and cables were satisfactory.(Separate manuals, one in English, other foreign)

Summery:
Good for outside pictures and video - nice design, very small size - not the best for indoor use.

I must say I never would have bought this camera had it not been on sale, but I am so glad I did. Not only does it take really great pictures but it also records video with sound. How many $200 dollar digital cameras do that. We have not so great lighting in our house and my previous digital camera a Cannon did a terrible job with indoor pictures, but this one does so well, I have yet to have a picture that was too dark. Anyway, I am very pleased with my purchase so far.

This samsung camera is great, the pictures come out excellent; I compared the quality to other cameras and it is by far the best I've seen for such a good price! Also the mini clips are so good, it's like having a video recorder! And the camera is really small in size, that's a plus! I would recommend it to anybody.

I just received this camera for Christmas and I am very impressed by it. I have a really expensive 35mm camera, and I'm finding this camera to have more features than my 'nice' camera.

I thought this camera took great pictures in the dark. You must be sure you have it set in the right settings, but I took outstanding dark indoor pictures w/ no flash. It has settings for you to adjust the +/- EV lighting to make dark or bright pictures. I like that you can adjust the shutter speed, record sound, and video. You can also adjust the primary colors to fade florescent lighting or to bring out the colors in a blue sky day. I can't wait to take some slow motion pictures of streams.

The quality is more than enough for your 4x6in. pictures. I had to downsize the quality for people pictures, because my computer is too slow to handle such big pictures. I can only imagine how well really good photography pictures will come out.

The camera is very light and you will want rechargeable batteries. I look forward to years of pictures with this little camera!

i just bought this camera yesterday, and so far i am surprised a the quality of it. it does video clips, expandable with greater memory, has a flash, which some do not do, has many function usually available with only more expensive cameras. it can use two differant types of media and does well in low light.

This camera was given to my husband and I as a gift about 2 years ago now (Dec. 2005). This thing has a battery life of zero. From day one, we could only take 6 or 7 photos before the camera died and the batteries had to be replaced (we always use premium alkalines). The recharger that came with it was no help - recharged batteries don't work. My mother-in-law also received the camera then and hers has the same problem. As far as I'm concerned, the picture quality doesn't matter -- I can't use this camera without bringing a stack of batteries with me. Totally worthless.

I got this cam this weekend
the pic is good, except one thing
the tint is a little bit blueish
with flash, the pic looks normal
after a while to tweak the cam, found using manual mode, and fine tune to get more ideal effect
on white balance part (use manual mode, then press +/- button to AWB mode, then use d-pad to change), change it to sun or high-lighting (the 2nd or 4th), then the pic is more natural, no more blueish
on video recording, it don't work well under dark enviornment, the quality is OK, not better than DV (it's avi format)
here is my suggestion on using this cam
default mode works better outdoors or with flash; using manual mode, with instruction stated above to get more natural pic
use 2000mA/h or higher Ni-MH battery, or rechargable CR-V3 battery (it can take 50+ pics without flash)
avoid dark enviornment when taking video, and the video player must support DIVX
buy 256MB or higher SD or MS DUO card (this cam supports 1GB SD card, at least with Lexar 32x)
use "point-shift-fire" trick to get more optimized brightness

after manually configured the cam, I am more satisfied with this cam, at least for the price, this cam is more configureable under manual mode

I bought this last November. The main reason was because it was on sale but absolutely no regrets. It is a wonderful camera. I had done some research on amazon on one of the top name brands and found that many were displeased with it. Then when I read the reviews on this on, I just had to write a review to complement the already great reviews. The only thing I should stress is that the buyer also buy a pair of rechargable batteries with this. Besides that nothing else for this A material.

i recieved this camera for my birthday. i was very excited to have it. that night i took it with me to take pics of a concert i was at the pics turned out great! i love this camera. the movie option is incredible too. i take this camera everywhere i go. it was easy to use when i got it i didnt even have to read the manual. piece of cake and wonderful camera.