A Great Review of the Samsung NV15

Posted by Dave Jackson on July 31st, 2008 at 11:42pm

For outstanding image quality, the Samsung NV15 features premium Schneider optics with a 3x optical zoom. On the back of the cameras’ brushed black, stainless steel bodies, lies Samsung’s Smart Touch user interface. For outstanding image quality, the Samsung NV15 features premium Schneider optics with a 3x optical zoom. On the back of the cameras’ brushed black, stainless steel bodies, lies Samsung’s Smart Touch user interface. The upcoming Samsung NV15, 8 and 15 might also be a real winner if the IQ has improved since the last incarnation.

The Samsung NV15 offers ISO excitement ranges from a minimum of ISO 100 spit to a great of ISO 3200, besides shutter speeds vary from 1/1500 help to a max. Images are stored in 20MB of built-in memory or on SD / MMC / SDHC / MMC Plus cards, with a limit of 2GB capacity for all except the SDHC type - this being guaranteed to a maximum of 8GB.

Functioning as a high resolution 8Mp digital camera, the NV8 is a stylish yet practical device sure to attract the next generation of digital photographers. The NV8 with 3x optical zoom is encased in a thin body and boasts the stylish black design in keeping with the NV Series. A number of high-end features on this camera work in tandem with its well thought-out design to appeal at least as much, if not more, to serious shooters as to those looking for quick and easy snapshots. The cameras can zoom, pause, and take photos while recording video. They can also record audio-only files and attach voice annotations to still images.

It starts up in just under two seconds, which is acceptable for a camera in this class, and the autofocus is reasonably quick in good light. Despite the presence of a seemingly adequate AF assist lamp however, focusing in even slightly low light is very unreliable, usually simply announcing “Low Light!” with a big banner across the monitor. On the back of the cameras’ brushed black, stainless steel bodies, lies Samsung’s Smart Touch user interface. Smart Touch enables easy navigation of the cameras’ comprehensive feature sets by simply sliding a finger across the control buttons positioned around the cameras’ 2.5″ LCD screens. With a host of other features, this camera does not require you to be a professional to click memorable pictures. Additionally, the NV 20 supports MPEG-4 format and VGA (640×480) size allowing you to capture and edit your movies on the camera itself.

Samsung has two very similar cameras in the 8.1-megapixel NV8 and today’s camera, the 10.1-megapixel NV15, but in this case adding more megapixels has not produced the desired effect. Instead of labeled dials and buttons to set camera functions, the NV series enables easy navigation of the cameras’ menus using unmarked control buttons positioned around the LCD. The NV15 is certainly a fashionable camera with it’s multi-textured stainless steel body. The camera is built for the casual point-and-shoot audience. It does feature a half-baked manual mode, but the limited options and lack of manual focus make it a pointless feature.

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