Samsung Digimax 530 5MP 3x Optical /5x Digital Zoom Camera

by Samsung

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001G6UFW
• Item model number: 530
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,420 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 2, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Features:

• 5.0 megapixel digital camera
• Outstanding 12x zoom (3x optical, 5x digital)
• VGA 30 frames-per-second movie clips with audio
• Manual focus, manual exposure (A/S/M)
• Night scene, continuous, auto bracketing shooting
• Superb 6cm macro
• Creative RGB color effect
• Voice memo in still images, voice recording
• Optical viewfinder
• 1.5-inch color TFT LCD monitor
• Date imprinting
• Storage driver
• 32 MB internal memory or SD card optional
• Multiple language support
• Video Out (NTSC/PAL)
• 2 x AA alkaline batteries

Product Description

With a keen, 5.0 effective megapixel image sensor and powerful 12x zoom, 38-114mm f/2.7-4.9 SHD lens, this Samsung Digimax 530 digital camera captures the defined, vivid image that your eye sees. Night scene and continuous shooting modes make it easy to photograph moving or poorly lit subjects, while VGA 30 fps movie clip with audio allows you to record short videos. Features: 1/1.8" CCD, 1.5" color TFT LCD, optical viewfinder, TTL auto focus, 80cm-infinity, 6-80cm and 40-80cm focus ranges and 1m, 2m, or infinity fixed focus range, mechanical and electronic shutter with 5-1/2000 sec. shutter speeds, program auto exposure as well as shutter priority AE, aperture priority AE and manual exposure (A/S/M) metering, auto-400 ISO equivalent, auto/auto and red-eye reduction/slow sync/fill-in/off flash modes with 10-sec. flash recharging time, sharpness select, normal/B&W/sepia color effects, 6-mode white balance, voice memo, 10-sec. self timer, 640x480 (SD card) or 320x240 (internal and MMC) movie clips, 32MB internal flash memory with optional up to 512MB SD card memory, 2592x1944 to 640x480 image sizes, JPEG (DCF) 1.0, DPOF and EXIF 2.2 still image formats, AVI (MJPEG) movie format and WAV voice format and 4-mode image reviewing. USB 2.0 interface. Includes: Storage Driver (Windows 98/98SE/2000/Me/XP or Mac OS 9.0-10.2), and MGI PhotoSuite and Digimax Viewer software. Imported. 2-1/3Hx4-1/3Lx1-1/2W".

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great camera with excellent quality, February 7, 2005

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Leonid Finis - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung Digimax 530 5MP 3x Optical /5x Digital Zoom Camera (Electronics)

I bought this camera more than a month ago and have been surprised by versatility of the camera and quality of the images.
It makes great shots in almost any lighting conditions - I tried at night, indoors, sunsets, and snow. Colors are natural.
Its macro mode works great.
It has A/S/M manual controls which is very useful for experienced photographers.
It has exposure compensation of +-2EV with steps of 0.5 EV and manual ISO selection.
It has spot metering as well as multi-zone metering.

It's not large and very easy to carry.

To tell you the truth once I bought this camera I started to have doubts whether I need my Nikon N75 SLR since this small Samsung camera almost matches features and quality of a higher end SLR cameras.

Minor downsides include occasional difficulty focusing in low light which can be overcome by using fixed distance settings (1M, 2M and infinity).
It also lacks manual focus found in V50 model.

Depth of field is very good (sometimes too good for close-up shots making it difficult to blur the background) but this is common to most of compact digital cameras.

Bottom line I highly recommend this camera and think that it could suit beginners as well as more advanced photographers.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Camera...nothing bad to report!, September 16, 2005

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J. M. Bistodeau (St. Cloud, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung Digimax 530 5MP 3x Optical /5x Digital Zoom Camera (Electronics)

My wife and I got this camera for Christmas in 2004, and it has become the favorite of our camera menagerie. The small size makes it way easier to take on trips than our SLR cameras. It's also very durable - I dropped it in the airport whole trying to take a picture and everything stayed intact!
We took this camera to Cozumel with us and captured some incredible images with it. There are so many features on this camera, more than a novice photographer will ever get around to using, let alone perfecting - which is nice because it gives way more options for taking great, creative photos than other cameras! We have had this camera for coming up on a year now, and i am still learning new things about it!
Bottom line, I love this camera. I am an avid photographer and my wife often has to wrestle this one away from me to get her turn behind the lens! A truly amazing camera for novice or experienced photogrpahers!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing camera, I have ever seen among the compacter once!!, February 18, 2006

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R. Nandi "RN" (NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung Digimax 530 5MP 3x Optical /5x Digital Zoom Camera (Electronics)

Well, I took this camera, as my older one was giving troubles. And I can clearly make out its superior features on the very first day, and sitting down typing this today itself, as I want the future customers - YOU to benefit out of my feelings on the very first day..

I have been photographing since my early teens and am an avid photographer, having operated upon a range of old-model manual cameras in mid 80's, until recently when I came accross a digital camera which I bought last year. However, having felt the necessity to procure a better quality, I bought this one this year, and I am highly satisfied with its performance, given the size and price-line.

I tried shooting in all sorts of conditions on my very first day with it: daylight, cloud, indoors, night-time, closepus, macro-mode..and I find the quality very superior to my earlier camera (s), of comparable specifications..

Images are crisp clear; I even captured the US flag on the empire state building using the zoom feature, and the output is as lively and clear , I didnt even imagine!!
The manual mode along with the auto mode gives amateur as well as experienced one's equal ease and freedom to handle and operate his one!!

Though the dimensions and weight are bit more, but its worth for the quality of foto it produces..

I would highly recommend you to go for this, if you are planning to shop for a mid-range camera in terms of price, and expect an outcome of a higher-end camera !!

Go ahead, get it.. and enjoy photographing, falling in love with it on the very first day !!