Samsung S860 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Black)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Samsung S860 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom (Black)
Customer Review: Ok Camera~But wish I never bought it
Summary: 2 Stars
This camera eats through regular batteries. I go through two in about a day of average picture taking. It also has this strange thing when you are finished taking a picture. Most cameras take about a second to process the picture. For some reason, this camera takes anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds per picture. So, if you are into fast picture taking, this is not the camera for you.
About the only good thing it does, is it takes really nice pictures. But, you have to have the flash on, have a steady hand, and be willing to wait for it to process. The steady hand thing on the camera doesn't actually let you take a picture with a shaky hand and have the picture come out clear. It just tells you that it is trying to take a clear picture. The picture will still come out blurry, just not as blurry as it would if you were using a film camera. The macro feature isn't the best. You are better off not even trying with it.
Now let's talk about getting the pictures off of your camera. If you have an SD card reader, that is great, use it. Otherwise, don't lose the cable that comes with it. If you do, good luck trying to find a replacement. It isn't your standard camera cord. The connection is much smaller than normal and must have its own cord.
The video feature is ok, it just doesn't work with VLC or Windows Media. The sound only works on the camera and be prepared to talk really loud to have the camera even record it. And no special features like high speed. It is just a regular video camera.
If this is your first camera, it is a good one to get started on. It will teach you to be patient and will help you get to know the standard camera features. But, if you are into taking pictures of anything, go with a different camera. This one will just drive you up a wall.
Customer Review: Nice for Price
Summary: 3 Stars
Bought the camera for the in laws and they have used it quiet a bunch and for the price it takes really nice pictures. Its been to Hawaii and all over the place and still going strong. The only complaint is that it seems to eat up the Battery's. Customer Review: Have batteries handy!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this camera for my daughter for her birthday and it seems to be a really great camera except for the fact that it eats batteries like mad! Dont bother with regular alkaline batteries. In my experience you get about 5 pictures taken and it goes dead... We've had more like with high end batteries and rechargeables. That being said, the pictures it takes are nice, the zoom and display work great and we had no problems connecting to our computer. No other issues accept for batteries. Customer Review: Won't take rechargeable! out of focus
Summary: 3 Stars
Samsung s860 problems: Out of focus, you can't use rechargeable batteries, the manual is lousy, and I've only been able to delete one picture at a time. this is a lousy camera. (Do the battery companies own Samsung? What's the deal?) My Cannon was much better, but it got stolen. I don't think anybody's going to steal this samsung.
I'd give it a 1 star, but I they won't publish this review if I do without contacting Samsung. And it's already too much of a hassle and waste of my time.
Customer Review: Too risky
Summary: 1 Stars
This camera stopped taking clear pictures for us in 8 months. Since it was a very inexpensive camera it wasn't a total shock and the good news was that it was covered under warranty. HOWEVER, dealing with Samsung trying to get it fixed, was nightmarish. They sent the fixed camera to the wrong person's home and I received someone else's camera. This is the truly amazing part: It took over 6 weeks to get the problem rectified. And during those weeks, I spoke with numerous customer service people who never knew what was happening in other Samsung departments. The reps couldn't just call them either. It always required emails and time for the depts to respond. No one was ever held responsible for fixing the problem. Sometimes my calls to Samsung trying to follow up on this were dropped. Anyway, this is the short version and as you can see, if you buy this low end camera, you risk dealing with Samsung and THAT is just too risky if you value your time. Buy a camera from a camera company like Canon. Our higher quality Canon was repaired once in 7 years and without issue.