I was looking for a compact camera, but one with good low-light capabilities to make photo's indoors and great manual controls. I usually use a dslr, but I tkink it's to big to carry all the time and I don't want to look like "the photographer" all the time.
I like this samsung Ex1 very much. The combination of the amoled screen and the fast lens is great to make photo's indoors. The screen works also fine in daylight. The white balance also does a great job so the colours in low light look very natural. The operationspeed is good and the manual controls are fine. The building quality of the camera is better than I'm used to from compacts, but as a result it is a bit heavy (338 gram). I enjoy using this camera, and thats for me that's the first step in making great pictures.
Problems:
No real problems, but when I normally check a review I always first look to any problems users are experiencing. Only that way I can see if there are any problems that would be dealbreakers for me.
As mentioned the camera feels a bit heavy, but one the other hand beacause of that the built quality is great.
The battery schould be charged in camera. That way it works like eg an ipod. When connected to a computer it will charge itself. On the one hand I like this concept, no need to take the battery out of the camera. On the other hand you will not be able to charge a spare battery when you are using the camera, so I bougt a batterycharger just in case.
The raw shooting speed is pretty low, after 2 shots you have to wait several seconds before you can shoot again.
The samsung website to download firmware are not clear. It's not easy to find the right firmware. I hope Samsung will improve this in the near future.
I like this samsung Ex1 very much. The combination of the amoled screen and the fast lens is great to make photo's indoors. The screen works also fine in daylight. The white balance also does a great job so the colours in low light look very natural. The operationspeed is good and the manual controls are fine. The building quality of the camera is better than I'm used to from compacts, but as a result it is a bit heavy (338 gram). I enjoy using this camera, and thats for me that's the first step in making great pictures.
Problems:
No real problems, but when I normally check a review I always first look to any problems users are experiencing. Only that way I can see if there are any problems that would be dealbreakers for me.
As mentioned the camera feels a bit heavy, but one the other hand beacause of that the built quality is great.
The battery schould be charged in camera. That way it works like eg an ipod. When connected to a computer it will charge itself. On the one hand I like this concept, no need to take the battery out of the camera. On the other hand you will not be able to charge a spare battery when you are using the camera, so I bougt a batterycharger just in case.
The raw shooting speed is pretty low, after 2 shots you have to wait several seconds before you can shoot again.
The samsung website to download firmware are not clear. It's not easy to find the right firmware. I hope Samsung will improve this in the near future.