Samsung Digimax A55W 5MP Digital Camera with 4.8x Wide Angle Zoom (Black)

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 3.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BBS4EC
• Item model number: 120567
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,224 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 7, 2005

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

For wide angle applications, shooters can turn to Samsung's 5-megapixel Digimax A55W, which features a 4.8x optical zoom and offers a focusing range of 28mm to 135mm (35mm equivalent). To cover even more ground, the A55W also offers a 5x digital zoom, achieving a total zoom of 24x when combined with the camera's optical zoom capability.

Simple but elegant exterior design
The exterior design of the Digimax A55W is simple compared to other digital cameras. The location of the Power button near the part where a user grips the camera simplifies the button arrangement, which can be easily complex in regular digital cameras. Due to the location advantage, you can turn-on the power very easily and quickly while gripping the camera. The button arrangement makes the image of this digital camera more elegant and stylish.

2.5-inch large TFT LCD with 200,000-pixel high resolution
The Digimax A55W employs a high-resolution large LCD so you can take pictures whilst viewing subjects via the clear and large screen. The large LCD makes this camera a perfect substitute for a camcorder particularly for users who frequently use movie functions. The 200,000-pixel high-resolution TFT LCD will give you satisfaction when shooting and playing images.

Small pocket-sized body with stable grip
Various and complex digital camera functions make regular users who are not familiar with various camera functions uncomfortable when using a camera. The Digimax A55W provides convenient function and setting buttons that can be used simply and easily with just one hand. In addition, this small pocket sized body enables you to firmly grip the digital camera. Thus, you can easily operate camera buttons in any situation.

From 28mm super-wide-angle to 135mm super telephoto
Whilst regular digital camera users take pictures, they usually change the camera lens from the basic 35mm lens angle of view to a wider angle telephoto lens. The reason is that you may obtain different images with the same subjects depending on the angle of view of a lens. The broad and extensive surroundings provided by the angle of view of a wide angle lens are emphasized via a 28mm angle of view thus expressing images with more enriched colors. The images provided by the angle of view of a telephoto lens are emphasized via a 135mm angle of view. Experience the various expressions of a 4.8x optical zoom super wide angle lens equivalent to 28mm to 135mm in 35mm format and of super telephoto lens.

Auto macro mode and 2-centimeter super close-up mode
Auto Macro of the Digimax A55W is one of the functions aimed at user convenience. In Auto Macro, the camera automatically sets the focus when you take shots at very short distances. These days, many people like taking such pictures. When you take pictures of yourself, the images are sometimes blurred because the distance between a digital camera and yourself is so close. In addition, when you take pictures of many subjects like flowers while not setting the Macro mode, the images taken are sometimes not clear. However, the Digimax A55W automatically sets the Macro function for the subject that is located at very short distances without requiring manual setting of the Macro function.

Exposure compensation function and autoexposure bracketing function
In PROG mode, you can change the brightness of an image depending on the situation. Through the exposure compensation function, you can shoot images with different brightness as you want or under specific exposure conditions such as backlight, obtaining thus clearer images.

Frequent users of digital cameras may know the AEB function. The Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) function is suitable for situations when optimal exposure is difficult to achieve. You can take a picture with normal exposure, a darker picture, and a brighter picture, simultaneously. Under the situation where shooting is difficult with normal exposure settings, you can take pictures by selecting the brightness of an image through this function.

Scene mode
Pressing the shutter of a digital camera is not all of taking pictures or creating perfect images. The fact is applied to all digital cameras from for advanced users to those of normal users. According to light conditions, a flash should be used. According to your desired expression, the shutter and aperture should be controlled.

Thus, different pictures are taken in the same place with the use of flash, shutter, or aperture. For handling this problem, general digital cameras for beginners provide Scene modes. Basic information on each shooting situation is saved in the Digimax A55W and is applied when taking pictures. You can set a shooting mode very easily by using a button. The Digimax A55W provides 11 Scene modes so that everyone can take pictures in various ways like advanced users.

Various special effects make shooting more fun
The Digimax A55W provides special effects beyond typical shooting methods so that you can spend more exciting time shooting and viewing images. The special effects include color Effect and Photo Frame. Through the color Effect function, you can express images in black and white, sepia, blue, red, green, or film color. Through the Photo Frame function, you can add frame-like borders (this camera supports 9 types of frames) to a still image. Thus, you can have more fun viewing and shooting images.

Convenient storage with built-in memory
The Digimax A55W provides a built-in memory so that you can take and save pictures without a memory card. In addition, this camera provides the Copy to Copy function that allows you to send images saved in an internal memory to an external memory. Thus, you will not be embarrassed when you do not have a memory card for a digital camera whilst taking pictures during travel or a family event.

Double self-timer function
This function is very useful when you take self-portraits or group pictures. Typically, one of the inconvenient points of the existing Self-Timer function is that when you do not want an image taken, you should set 10 seconds, arrange and set people again. However, you can solve this problem with the Digimax A55W through the double self-timer function provided. A picture will be taken after about 10 seconds and 2 seconds later a second picture will be taken. Thus, even if you do not take a desired image, you can conveniently obtain a desired image in the second shooting.

Image edit
Editing is the most important function of a digital camera. You can correct or modify an image by running an editing program, but it is expensive and takes a long time to learn how to use and become familiar with it. So, for the sake of user convenience, this function is incorporated into the Digimax A55W. The function enables a slide show of pictures taken, resolution changes, a trimming function, image rotation, and picture protection so that you can use the camera more conveniently. In addition, the function enables you to check information about the picture immediately.

Movie recording and play function in VGA
For clearer sharper movies, this camera uses a high compression, high quality movie clip format, and movie clips are supported in VGA (640 x 480) at 30 frames per second. In VGA (640 x 480), you can play a movie clip on your TV without any degradation of image quality, and enjoy it in a screen size twice as large as a computer screen. Because this digital camera supports up to 30 frames per second, you can view a smooth movie with natural-looking colors. You can record voice and movies for as long as the available recording time in the memory allows. In addition, you can extract desired frames from the recorded movie. The above features make this digital camera a perfect substitute for a camcorder.

Camera shake prevention
The Digimax A55W provides a camera shake prevention function to avoid camera shake during movie recording. This function detects camera shake automatically and traces the target subject when recording a movie. With the movie function making this digital camera a perfect substitute for a small digital camcorder, the Digimax A55W is very useful to take pictures of family events or your normal life.

Successive recording function
In terms of existing movie recording functions, users have difficulty editing recorded movies. The Digimax A55W implements part of editing functions of a computer and the successive recording function developed through Samsung's own technology that enables you to temporarily stop during unwanted scenes and resume recording the movie. Using this function, you can record your favorite scenes into a movie clip without having to create multiple movie clips. Those implementations enable users to use recording movie functions easily and conveniently.

The Digimax A55W implements part of the editing function only available in a computer. You can select and cut the desired part from the recorded movie and save it by creating a new file so that you can use this camera more conveniently when editing a movie clip. You may want to save desired scenes while recording a movie with a digital camera. The Digimax A55W reflects the requirement so that you can capture a scene from the movie clip. When you don't take pictures while recording a movie, you can extract desired frames from the recorded movie.

PictBridge (Direct Printing System)
You can use a USB cable to connect this camera to a printer without a PC, and select paper types and sizes supported by the printer from a menu in the camera. Through the LCD of the camera, you can check the printer's progress status. PictBridge is completely compatible with DPOF so that you can also use the existing output format (DPOF) according to the printer type.

Voice Recording and Voice Memo
This camera can be used as a digital voice recorder, and you can record voice for up to one hour. Additionally, you can add your voiceover to a stored still image for up to 10 seconds. Therefore you can use your digital camera in a variety of different ways.

What's in the Box:
Digital camera, user manual, product warranty, camera strap, software CD, USB cable, two AA batteries.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wide angle zoom a big selling point, January 11, 2006

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ginmar "book/digital addict" (all over) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung Digimax A55W 5MP Digital Camera with 4.8x Wide Angle Zoom (Silver) (Electronics)

This is a decent small camera whose wide angle ability is its major selling point. The body is compact and sturdy, the controls simple, and all it has a very handy easy to use design. The drawbacks are a somewhat harsh flash and the fact that it takes AA batteries, which means it goes through them at quite a clip. Get rechargeables if you get this camera: the wide angle is irrisistable for scenery, so you'll wind up using it a lot.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid., June 15, 2006

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UltraJim (Verona, WI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung Digimax A55W 5MP Digital Camera with 4.8x Wide Angle Zoom (Silver) (Electronics)

After using this camera for a little while, I can say that the picture quality was better than I expected after reading some other reviews. It struggles just a little bit if there's a lot of contrast in the image in that the picture is just a wee bit dark. The menu system is fairly intuitive and the LCD is huge. On the downside, the LCD is huge and therefore more susceptible to damage in addition to draining the two AA's faster. It is certainly a rare breed of `wider-angle' 28mm point-and-shoot digital cameras that also takes AA batteries. It doesn't automatically power up into transfer mode when you plug in the USB cable like my Canon S60 did. The Samsung also makes you pick if you're connecting to a PC or printer after you turn it on and it detects the USB cable. The test I ran trying the Macro mode looked okay, except they were blurry without the flash, and too bright with it. It does feel like it takes a little bit longer than other cameras to focus and ready itself on targets. There is no standard viewfinder, so there's no way to shut off the display to conserve energy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Didn't even last 6 months, April 6, 2007

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A.Jenny (Eastern US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung Digimax A55W 5MP Digital Camera with 4.8x Wide Angle Zoom (Silver) (Electronics)

This camera was worthless. It cost me a lot of money, and the quality was horrible. It took a long time for the pictures load and it had a slow shutter speed. This camera didnt even last for 6 months. and even before that a lot of times it wouldn't turn on right away and I would have to turn it on and off several times before it would start up. It was a very poor quality camera, for a lot of money. I dont recemmend this camera to anyone.

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