Samsung WB550 Review

#1 Ivan

Why is the Canon SX200 IS not listed in “main rivals”???

11:41 am - Monday, June 29, 2009

#2 Mark Goldstein

We’ve added that review now.

12:34 pm - Monday, June 29, 2009

#3 wato

can we see some high iso samples? recently all the reviews only got iso 80-200 samples :(

10:29 am - Tuesday, June 30, 2009

#4 Ivan

@ Mark Goldstein
  Thanks! I am a satisfied SX200 user, so I was surprised it wasn’t listed in ‘main rivals’. Very nice review again. Keep up this good work.
@ wato
  There are always high iso samples, aren’t there? Take a look at ‘image quality’.

2:00 pm - Tuesday, June 30, 2009

#5 Ivan

@ wato
  Sorry I understand now, you’re right. There are no full resolution high ISO samples. Only the small crops…

2:02 pm - Tuesday, June 30, 2009

#6 Mario

I had my WB550 for one week and it’s a great camera.
I used to be a Canon fan, however, the Samsung is faster to shoot between shots and you can use the zoom in video mode. Yes you can use the zoom in video mode which the canon still does not do. The 720p videos are great and the pictures too. Very easy to use.
Mario

1:55 am - Sunday, July 12, 2009

#7 Evelyn

I was just wondering if anybody can tell me if the dates displayed on thd LCD screen shows up when you PRINT the pictures? I currently own a Pentax camera and the date is displayed on my LCD screen, but not when I print my photos.

Thanks

Evelyn

2:52 am - Monday, July 20, 2009

#8 markus

I just got this camera before eurotrip one month ago and after taking about 25 gig of photos and vid can say quality is very good. I didn’t notice the purple fringing but agree the zoom can be slow to start moving and require moving the lever several time to get action and the flash can be uneven (i took most with flash off). The wide angle is incredible and night shots even with out tripod were good. video recording is great and sound is very good (mics on either side of camera help but keep hand away from right side mic. battery life is good but more like 200 shoots (I had extra battery and used it most days). I looked at dmc-tz7 first but in a value for money comparision the wm550 wins hands down.

2:12 pm - Tuesday, July 28, 2009

#9 Shawn

I just got the WB550- Great camera. One problem, How do you prevent the motor sound when you zoom during video? When I playback a video I just took, all i can hear is that motor zoom sound. If there is a way to prevent that noise while you zoom during video, please tell me! Zoom during video is a feature that i need to have in my camera- without an annoying zooming sound!

Thanks

-Shawn

2:35 pm - Saturday, August 1, 2009

#10 Markus

Yes there is,in the menu there is an option to mute sound during zoom.

7:30 am - Monday, August 3, 2009

#11 Shawn

True, but then it mutes all of the sound. Is there a way of just getting rid of the zooming sound and not all of the sound? If not, this is very disapointing.

6:32 pm - Wednesday, August 5, 2009

#12 moira

Just bought this camera and can’t get it to charge - am awaiting a new charger form Samsung to see if that is the problem. Anyon else with this fault?

10:13 pm - Sunday, August 9, 2009

#13 cinek

I am about to buy this camera, but have just two questions, in manual mode, is it possible to use different aperture than boundary 3.3 and 7.1? and what are your feelings about low light shots. Thanks in advance. Marcin

6:53 am - Tuesday, August 11, 2009

#14 Barbara

I’ve got this camera for 3 month now and took about 1500 photo’s. I get a lot of dark pictures in auto mode and it flashes when not necesary ( a picture without flash also taken to see the difference),taking time to reload the flash and resulting in not so nice pictures. I just wonder if this might be a fault of the camera or thoes anyone els have this problem? And another question, is there a reset button to put the camera back to “factory mode”? I could not find that in the manual or on the camera.

7:21 am - Sunday, August 23, 2009

#15 Dave

Anyone know for certain the Samsung (or its competitors) are materially faster in 1) focusing, 2) cycle-time to shoot next picture then 7Mp cameras introduced about 2 years ago ? These are the two problem areas driving me to upgrade. All the other new features are gravy.

4:56 pm - Sunday, August 30, 2009

#16 Barbara

I find the camera not very fast in cycle time. If flash is used it takes about 2 seconds to reload.

5:03 pm - Sunday, August 30, 2009

#17 hugh

Its strange that canon have slipped down the scale with this type of cameras. My canon tx1 can zoom while on movie mode. It also has some manual controls, face recognition, 10x zoom, swivel lcd screen and its over two years old and smaller than the cameras out there today….

8:38 am - Wednesday, September 2, 2009

#18 jppt20

can these cameras do bokeh pictures… (more for SLR types) similar to subject with blurry background? what settings do you do in manual mode (or auto) to achieve this? thanks

8:47 am - Tuesday, September 22, 2009

#19 alan

is it possible to change the aspect ratios of this camera to 16.9 or 3.2?

3:12 pm - Thursday, September 24, 2009

#20 Victor

That’s a great camera but I’m still with a lot of doubts, I don’t know if I buy this one or the Panasonic TZ7, can you help me please, wich one is the best? Not considerating price, just the quality and advantages! Thank you very much!

And if is possible could you review the new ST550 from Samsung and WB1000 as well, both seem very nice!

Thanks.

7:36 pm - Thursday, October 1, 2009

#21 Jonh

I agree with you,and I have the same problem ...
I prefer the Samsung, but everyone tells me to buy the Panasonic,they say it is the better one..

4:15 pm - Saturday, November 7, 2009

#22 Jarno

As for the wide angle 24mm flash test image I guess the photographer had his/her finger on the flash.

10:40 pm - Monday, November 9, 2009