Again, a review of a Samsung Digimax L85

And again, there is a new review of this great camera on a website called

http://www.photographyreview.com/

They say :
Strengths:
Image quality from the 8.13 mega pixel sensor.
Excellent Schneider-Kreuznach optics.
Continous macro focusing 10cm to infinity.
Bright 2.5 inch LCD monitor.
30 frames per second Movie Clip.
High Definition Media Interface (HDMI)
Solid build quality.

Weaknesses:
Fiddly menu.
Menu and fuction button too small for man sized fingers.
No view finder.
Tiny 28MB internal memory,,buy a 1MB SD card just for the convienience.
Built in flash could be more powerful.
Built in flash easily covered by fingers when tripping shutter button..

Samsung Digimax L85 8MP Digital Camera

This is the the Samsung Digimax L85 Digital Camera!

Its resolution is 8 megapixels!

It has a 5x optical zoom and an 8x digital zoom!

It does MPEG4 movies as well, and red eye reduction!

The design makes you feel like you’re holding a little piece of history in your hand.
This Samsung Digimax L85 Digital Camera's super-fast boot time and continuous shooting let you shoot early and often. The L85 includes all the usual goodies like White Balance and various lighting modes and effects, and a really good 2.5” LCD monitor!

Features:

• Resolution: 8.1 Megapixel
• Optical Sensor Type: CCD
• Effective Sensor Resolution: 8,100,000 pixels
• Optical Sensor Size: 1/1.8”
• Light Sensitivity: ISO 100, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 50, ISO auto
• Display Type: LCD display – TFT active matrix – 2.5” – color
• Optical Zoom: 5X, Digital Zoom: 8x
• Memory Included: 32 MB
• Supported Flash Memory: SD Memory Card
• Lens System Type: Zoom lens – 7.8 mm – 39 mm – f/2.8-4.4
• Focal Length: 7.8mm – 39mm
• Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera: 38 – 190mm
• Focus Adjustment: Automatic, manual
• Auto Focus: TTL contrast detection
• Min Focus Range: 31.5 in
• Lens Aperture: F/2.8-4.4
• Lens Manufacturer: Schneider-Kreuznach
• Shooting Modes: Frame movie mode
• Special Effects: Soft, Negative, Black & White, Sepia, Vivid, Blue, Green, Red
• Max Shutter Speed: 1/2000 sec
• Min Shutter Speed: 15 sec
• Exposure Metering: Multi-segment, center-weighted, spot
• Exposure Modes: Program, manual, aperture-priority, shutter-priority
• Exposure Compensation: ±2 EV range
• White Balance: Custom, automatic, presets
• White Balance Presets: Cloudy, tungsten light, daylight, fluorescent light (cool white), fluorescent light (daylight)
• Digital Video Format: MPEG-4
• Still Image Format: JPEG
• Video Capture: MPEG-4 640×480/320×240 @ 30fps or 15fps
• Camera Flash: Built-in flash
• Flash Modes: Fill-in mode, auto mode with red-eye reduction, slow synchro, auto mode, flash OFF mode
• Effective Flash Range: 8 in – 16.4 ft
• Self Timer: 10 sec, 2 sec
• Additional Features: Audio recording, USB 2.0 compatibility, date/time stamp, DPOF support, PictBridge support, digital image stabilization (video mode)
• Power Device: Battery charger – external
• Battery: 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery ( included )
• Auto Exposure Bracketing: 3 steps in 1/2 EV step
• Operating System: MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows ME, Apple Mac OS X 10.0 – 10.3
• Microphone built-in
• Software: Drivers & Utilities, Samsung Digimax Reader, Samsung Digimax Master