Samsung Digimax 201

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Easy to use, affordable digital camera

4 Jan 23rd, 2004

Advantages:
Easy to use, compact

Disadvantages:
Heavy on batteries

Recommendable: Yes 

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This camera was a birthday present from my husband last June. It was bought as an upgrade from a Kodak EZ 200 digital camera.

I had a budget of £100 and I was looking for camera with a higher resolution, an LCD viewer and a flash.

I consulted my technical advisor (the daughter) and after considering several models she suggested the Samsung Digimax 201. It had all the features I was looking for and at £105.99 from a local photographic shop, it was only slightly over budget.

When I first opened the box I did wonder if I would cope after the simplicity of the Kodak, which, despite it's lack of features, took surprisingly good pictures. However, my fears were unfounded as the camera has proven easy to use. I spent about an hour reading the instruction manual to familiarise myself with the menu system. Anyone already familiar with this type of camera would probably need to spend less time.

The camera has 8 mb of internal memory which can be increased to 256 with flash cards. I received a free 32 mb card with the camera and this held 124 high res pictures from our summer holiday with plenty of room to spare. The pictures looked very good on the computer so I had my favourites printed using an internet printing service. The photos were lovely and cost no more than buying a 35mm film and having it developed, with the added advantage of choosing which to get printed.

The only problem I have found is that batteries seem to last no time at all so I always carry extra sets. It has an auto-off feature to save power and the LCD viewer can be turned off, a useful feature if batteries are running low. There is a rechargeable battery pack available for this camera but this costs approximately £50. I have found the cheaper option of a fast charger and 3 sets of rechargeable batteries adequate for my needs. (I would consider myself an average user - holidays, days out, family occasions.)

The camera comes with MGI Photosuite and Digimax Viewer software on CD and a USB cable to connect to the computer.

Other features include a 2 x digital zoom, movie clip facility - length depends on the amount of memory and a 10 second self-timer.

While this camera is now at the lower end of digital specification, it is still an affordable entry level camera with plenty of features. 

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magicloudz

magicloudz

23.01.2004 02:37

Sounds quite good although I'm not in the position to replace my current digital camera right now:) -Jon

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