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Samsung Digimax S500 5.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Black)

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Technical Details

  • 5.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 13 x 17-inch prints
  • 3x optical zoom; captures full-screen, full-motion video with audio and in-camera editing
  • 2.4-inch display; black finish
  • Point-and-shoot digital camera; Effects Key allows users to adjust colors and add effects on the fly
  • Store images in internal memory or on SD memory cards; powered by 2 AA-size batteries
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Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 1.3 x 2.4 inches ; 4 ounces
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
  • ASIN: B000DZDM20
  • Item model number: S500
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,920 in Camera & Photo (See Bestsellers in Camera & Photo)
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: July 15, 2006

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The five megapixel S500 is a full featured digital camera designed to deliver maximum value, style and performance for digital photographers of all skill and experience levels. Offering features useful to the entire family, the camera offers a crystal-clear 2.4-inch LCD and a 3x optical zoom in both still and movie modes. In addition to its optical zoom, the S500 provides a 5x digital zoom, achieving a total zoom of 15x when used together.

For recording movies while on the go, the S500 supports MJPEG video recording, enabling users to take advantage of the 3x optical zoom even while in the movie recording mode. This model also features robust movie clip editing functions, which allow users to be more creative with their images than ever before. For example, "S" series owners can select and save a portion of a movie clip during playback and/or select part of a movie clip to be saved as a still image. All of this can be done right on the camera, without the aid of a computer or third party editing software. Also included is Samsung's unique successive video function that allows shooters to pause and resume video recording at any time and merge multiple video files into one single file.

For crystal-clear images under many lighting conditions, the S500 features seven scene modes including: Landscape, Close-Up, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, and Beach & Snow. And, for the ultimate in creative control the camera also features a Special Effects Hot Key, putting several special effects at the user's fingertips. These effects include: Color Effect, offering a variety of colors, including black and white, sepia, blue, red, green or Negative depending on your photographic settings; Highlight, which keeps the subject in sharp focus while putting the rest of the image into soft focus; Photo Frame, allowing the shooter to choose from nine different types of photo frames to shoot their subjects in; and Composite Shot that allows the user to take two to four images and save them into a single file.

For further convenience, all Samsung digital still cameras feature a built-in image editing function allowing users to edit a variety of images without the use of a PC. The Trimming function can be used to cut an undesired part of an image and save only the required part. When short of memory, shooters can use the Resizing function to recover some of the memory space, by resizing and saving images in a smaller size. The Rotating function allows users to rotate an image in the desired direction and save it.

To ensure the clarity of images regardless of shooting range, the Auto Macro function automatically adjusts shooting distance and focus. By using the macro button, users can set the camera to automatically adjust distance and focus from between 5cm to infinity.

Equipped with 16 MB of built-in memory, the S500 allows shooters to save pictures without a memory card while the Copy to Card function allows users to seamlessly transfer images saved in the internal memory to external memory. The camera also includes various useful functions such as voice recording for up to one hour, voice memo for adding a short voice message to a picture and "One-Touch Playback" for instant playback of a picture even when the power is off.



Product Description

Use the Digimax S500 to produce detailed images for printing up to poster size. The high resolution S500 is equipped with a true-color filter 5 Megapixel CCD. The 2.4 inch LCD lets you take a wider, clearer image with the 3x optical, 5x digital zoom with special effect functions. When it is set to Auto Mode, the Digimax S500 automatically adjusts the shooting distance and focus from between 5cm to infinity, to get better pictures easier. The family-friendly mode dial, Night, Portrait and Children modes, makes it easier to get great shots of the family by giving in stand access to the appropriate mode for each individual situation. Children mode, with its open aperture and fast shutter speeds, lets you capture children in fast moving action shots. When using Portrait mode you get more pleasing people pictures with improved red eye reduction. Night mode automatically uses the slow synchronization function to help you get clearer and brighter pictures at night. The powerful video capability of the Digimax S500 delivers a quality close to a camcorder. High-compression video format, MPEG4 is used for a more enhanced movie shooting experience providing 3-4 times longer than traditional video formats. Self-Timer - 10 seconds, 2 seconds, Double 10 seconds, 2 seconds Image Sensor Type - 1/2.5 CCD 10 Scene Modes - Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Close-up, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach & Snow Sharpness - Soft, Normal, Vivid Single, Continuous, AEB Shutter Speed - Auto 1 - 1/1500 second, Manual 8 - 1/1500 second Battery - 2 AA Alkaline System Requirements - Pentium II 450MHz or better, Pentium 700MHz recommended, Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, ME, XP, Minimum 64MB RAM, 200MB of available hard disk space, USB port, CD-ROM drive, Microsoft DirectX 9.0C, Machintosh Power Mac G3 or later, Mac OS 9.0 - 10.4 Dimensions - Width 96.8 x Height 61.8 x Depth 26.4mm, Approximately Width 3.81 x Height 2.4

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84 of 87 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars First Day with My Camera, April 18, 2006
By Zarjay (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
My Samsung Digimax S500 camera arrived this morning, and I've been spending the entire day testing it out.

I've never owned a good digital camera before (my previous cameras were all $20-or-less cameras of poor quality), and so far, I'm glad that I chose this camera to be my first. It has an attractive design, is easy to hold, and is easy to use.

This morning, I quickly opened the box and inserted the batteries that came with it, wanting impatiently to test out the camera. I took a few pictures of myself, which came out disappointingly blurry. I realized that my arm was too unsteady when I took the picture, and after switching the camera mode from "auto" to "children," I solved my blurriness problem. (The "children" mode is meant for taking pictures of moving objects.)

I spent a few minutes figuring out the controls, which weren't too difficult to get used to. The user's manual was explanative enough for me to understand any features I wasn't too sure on, such as how the different modes worked and how to get the flash working.

At the highest setting (5MP with Super Fine Quality), I was only able to take about 6 pictures total. After inserting my 128MB SD memory card, however, that count increased to 46. I was tempted to insert my 1GB SD memory card, but my 128MB card is sufficient enough for my needs. Unless I wanted to store hundreds of pictures or capture nearly an hour of video, I don't need to use my 1GB card.

Taking my digital camera out for a walk around the city was a fun experience. After uploading the pictures to my computer and witnessing the great quality of the pictures I had taken, I was convinced that I had bought the right camera.

The LCD screen is much darker in daylight than it is indoors, and so the display fooled me into thinking some of my pictures were too dark when I took them. After viewing them on my computer, I realized that the quality of the pictures was better and brighter than what I had thought when viewing them from the LCD screen.

After about 4-5 hours of usage, I noticed the battery started to get low, which means I'll need to replace the batteries soon. I recommend buying rechargeable batteries, or else you'll most likely be buying AA batteries frequently if you like taking lots of pictures.

I noticed many extra features the camera has, including its special effects and its various scene modes. I haven't experimented with these features yet, because I'm comfortable with just using the "auto," "children," and "manual" modes.

Since I've never owned a decent camera before, I was afraid that the controls might be too confusing, but that thankfully wasn't the case. Pressing the lightning bolt arrow next to the Menu/OK button toggles what type of flash I want, and the top 'W' and 'T' buttons let me zoom in or out to my liking. I click the button next to the "trash can" symbol to delete pictures, and I press the 'E' button if I want to use some extra effects. The controls seem pretty self-explanatory.

In order to upload the camera's pictures onto my computer, I had to install the software on the CD included with the camera. The installation process didn't take very long, and the CD even comes with its own software for viewing photos (Digimax Master 1.0). I haven't used it, though, because all I need to do is plug in the camera using the included USB cable and copy the pictures from the camera onto my computer. The computer recognizes the camera as a "removable drive" (my computer recognizes my camera as the F: drive), and after opening the "DCIM" folder, I can view and upload all the pictures I've taken.

I'm currently satisfied with this camera, although since I've had this camera for only a day, I can't say anything about how this camera will perform in the long run or if there are any problems that might occur after long-term usage. I can definitely say, however, that I'm satisfied with the picture quality and the camera's performance and ease of use. I'd recommend this camera to anyone who wanted to easily take and upload high quality pictures to his/her computer.

It nicely fits in your pocket, has more settings than you need, and has an SD slot for you to expand its memory capabilities. I recommend buying a 128MB SD card if you're a modest photographer, or a 512MB one if you want the extra space. A 1GB might be going a little overboard, but it's nice to think of how many pictures and video you could store on it. Keep in mind, however, that flash memory will wear out over time. I don't know the actual life of an SD memory card, but I would assume that the card would start to wear out after about 60,000 read/write cycles. So flash memory may last for a long time, but don't expect your 1GB memory card to last you a lifetime.

In conclusion, this is a wonderful digital camera, and I am a happy customer.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this camera!, June 16, 2006
I've never owned a digital camera, so it took a long time reading reviews for various cameras in this price range until I came upon this camera. Even though there were only a few reviews, it sounded like it would be a good camera for my needs. I wanted something at least 4 or 5 MP; big LCD screen; video with sound; optical zoom; lots of features. Needless to say, this fit the bill perfectly! I won a brand new one on eBay for only $125. It just arrived the other day, and I've been testing out all of the features. The night mode feature is really cool. If you use it while taking a picture of something that's moving, it has some weird effects. The different color modes are also fun (b&w, sepia, red, green, blue, negative, etc.), as are the frames. The macro feature is awesome! I don't have a steady hand, so I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get any clear pictures in this mode. I tried it out on some flowers, and the pictures came out so beautifully! I also used the 'children' mode on my cats, and was able to capture some great pictures. Another thing that I like playing around with is the manual mode. You can do slow flash, and set it up to 8 seconds, I believe. With that setting, if you point the camera on one object (say, a person) for half of the time, and then point it on another (a background) you get a cool ghostly effect!

The only negative thing I'd have to say is that it does eat up batteries really quickly, so you either have to carry a lot of extras on hand, or get rechargeable batteries.

Other than that, this is a fantastic camera...especially for the price! :)
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars packs a punch for the price..., April 20, 2006
By Diverse (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews
I recently purchased the S500 and am a satisfied customer. It has a beautiful LCD screen, the optical zoom is top notch and even the quality of the movie mode is great by most standards. Picture quality is amazing, and it doesn't take a professional to figure it all out. Just point and click. At a price tag of $180, you can't really ask for more... the sound quality while shooting in movie mode is not the prettiest but what would you expect from a digital camera. Also, plan on buying rechargable batteries otherwise your going to make Duracell very rich. (as if thier not rich enough)...
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