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DV300F
Instantly Share and Store: Wi-Fi Connectivity
Share those special moments when you're on the move with the DV300F's Wi-Fi capability. Upload your photos to Facebook, Picasa, Photobucket or email them directly from the camera. And budding movie-makers can upload videos to YouTube too. Worried about losing photos? The DV300F lets you upload photos to an online cloud service and Samsung Mobile Link allows you to send your images directly to your smartphone and tablet. You can also save the images to your PC with just one click using Auto Backup. Super easy, super smart – and no more searching for that cable.
Take a Smarter View
Looking for a camera that's super smart? Then look no further. The Samsung Smart Camera DV300F lets you share and store your photos with ease. And a host of smart features makes taking challenging shots and exploring your artistic side really simple too.
Capture Yourself in One Shot: 2View (1.5" Front LCD)
Taking group and other self-portrait shots can sometimes be tricky, but the DV300F makes things easy for you. Need to get your child's attention? Just play them the Children Mode animation. Want to let your group know when to smile? Use the Self Timer's visible countdown. And if you want to be part of the shot or preview self-portraits, the LCD on the front makes it easier and more enjoyable than ever before.
Add Action to your Photos: Motion Photo
Want to create some motion magic? With Motion Photo, you can freeze time around a moving subject. Simply shoot your footage, then select the area where you want the action and the photo around it will freeze. Now that's smart.
Get Closer, Wider, Brighter: 5x Zoom, 25mm Lens, 16.1 MP
Whether you're at a concert, festival or just out and about, you can capture all the action with the DV300F. The 5x optical zoom gives you great close-ups, even from far away. The 25mm wide-angle lens takes everything in. And the combination of 16.1 megapixels and the F2.5 lens give you high quality images — even in dim light.
Classic Design with a Modern Touch: Hidden LCD
With modern dual screen design, the DV300F's front LCD is neatly hidden. And with its sleek, seamless body and rounded design, this camera looks as impressive as the photos it takes.
The Simple Way to Go Pro: Smart Auto 2.0
Whatever your shooting conditions, Smart Auto 2.0 for photos and videos will give you the best possible result every time. Scene detection technology identifies up to 16 different shooting conditions, instantly analyses key elements of your composition, and then automatically adjusts to optimise settings for every individual situation.
Videos and Photos, Together at Last: Picture in Picture
Take a photo. Add a video clip. With Picture in Picture you can show two images at the same time and also throw some film into the mix. All done? Then instantly upload it to YouTube™ or your favourite social network to share with your friends and family.
Get Larger than Life Smiles: Funny Face
Give friends and family members goofy grins, comical noses and crazy eyes with 8 modes — including Professor, Gobbler and Alien — that lets you alter faces with hilarious effect. And with Face Tracking, funny faces stay the way you want, even when you move the camera.
A Fun Way to Frame: Magic Frame
Turn a portrait into an old film still, or put a friend's face on a billboard. Magic Frame comes with 12 background templates that let you easily create poster-quality art that's perfect for sharing.
Turn Life into Art: Artistic Brush
Aspiring artist? With this creative feature you can take any portrait, landscape or candid photograph and turn it into a black and white sketch — then colour it in! Show off your artistic skills on the camera's display to your friends and family.
Combine Images for Unique Creations: Split Shot
Get creative with Split Shot. Merge up to three different images for a true artistic statement. Turn yourself into a bizarre new creation by combining a self-portrait with a picture of an animal. Or use the three filters to produce an evocative collage. The creative possibilities are endless.
No More Shaking: Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS)
Get perfect pictures, even if you're not perfectly still. Whether you're in a low light situation, zooming into a shot, or your hands are just a bit shaky, now you can be sure all your photos will come out sharp and clear.
Large Screen Size: 3.0 Inch HVGA LCD
With the DV300F what you see on the screen will look as perfect as the real-life scene. The large 3.0 inch high-resolution display screen also provides improved contrast and colour reproduction.
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Straight out of the box the camera comes with a Quick start guide and a CD-Rom containing software for Intelli-Studio, remote back up of photos to PC and a full user manual.
The initial set up requires the battery and a micro-SD card to be fitted and the camera charged up. Make sure you have a Micro-SD card at hand to fit, or purchase an adequate one with the camera- it does not take standard SD cards.
First impressions of the camera were good - it is very compact, easy to use - even with my big fingers - and it has a vivid 3" LCD viewfinder on the rear. Samsung have also added a concealed front viewfinder display for taking self portraits. When it is not in use, you have to look very hard to see that it's there, it's so well blended into the camera bodywork.
Setting up the social applications was relatively easy - from the full manual it was easy to follow the instructions to set up the wi-fi key in the camera and then enter user data for Facebook and Picasa (it can also connect to others such as photobucket but these were the two I tested). Transferring photos was then almost effortless - it seemed to work pretty well.
Setting up the auto back up was also straightforward - this requires installing auto back-up from the CD-ROM then plugging the camera into the PC so that it can store details of the PC being used. Following set-up of this function, clicking on the auto-back up icon results in photos from the camera being transferred to a folder on the PC. No need to connect using a cable each time, a really useful feature.
Like the other reviewer I liked the micro USB for charging the camera - again it's great not having to remove the battery, find the battery charger and plug into the mains. Samsung have put a lot of thought into the design of this little camera and it shows.
The smart picture taking of the DVF 300 is impressive too - I took a large number of photos in different situations and was impressed how well this camera adapted to each situation and took sharp, bright, vividly coloured pictures that impressed straight off. Just in case you aren't happy with the choices made by the camera in smart mode, you can also select scene modes manually - this was again easy to do - Samsung have made the menu very intuitive to use and I didn't have to spend ages wondering where I had to go to find the scene selections.
The camera also has a 5X zoom feature which was adequate for most situations.
All in all I was impressed with the handling and responsiveness of this camera - and like other reviewers, I found the wi-fi features were a fantastic add-on for the camera in terms of convenience. The camera looks good, the build quality feels good and solid and the camera takes great pictures with minimal effort required on the part of the photographer. I couldn't really find much to fault with it and for anyone who is looking for a high quality camera with connectivity, that can be carried in a pocket, I would highly recommend this one.
The DV300F is matt and gloss finish, is lightweight and fits easily in to the pocket. It has a generously sized LCD screen, making for easily taken pictures. In the age of social networking, it also has a front screen (as does the brand's leading phones) to enable you to easily take self portraits (if my friends are anything to go by, possibly looking like a duck).
Set up was easy, and you can hook up the camera via wifi so there's no need to faff around with cables. When it comes to charging, the phone will also charge using the industry standard micro USB, so there aren't any propietary charging / battery / cabling issues.
My main issue with the camera is the ease of use. The camera is tough to use; I can't easily switch between macro and video modes, instead of being able to do this from the main buttons on the camera itself, I have to go through menus. The quality is also lacking for what is meant to be a high quality high MP camera (though the eye can only render so much in colour, the depth and clarity is lacking).
It's a decent enough holiday camera and is good looking, but if you're looking for high-end stills and ease of use, you may want to move on and take a look at a different model.
The camera is of average size, and is half gloss and half matt finish. The aesthetics of it are pleasing - it looks good, it feels good in the hand and it has a high-quality overall appearance. It comes with a charger, and the cable doubles as the USB cable to plug the camera into your computer. The cable is quite short, and the plug feels very light and plasticky, but if that's the only criticism them Samsung can be proud of themselves.
There are several innovative features on this camera:
* It has an LCD screen on the front as well as a whopping 3.0inch LCD screen on the back as would be expected. The front screen is brilliant for taking a picture of yourself (as is often the case with me and my husband if we holiday together and cannot find anybody to take our photograph!) - press the clearly labelled button on the top of the camera 'Front LCD' et voila - both front and rear screens are activated. This front screen also doubles as an animation to grab the attention of babies and toddlers when they're having their picture taken. It ALSO comes into force when using the timer function; instead of the usual few flashes that indicate when your the camera will activate, the front screen displays large numbers counting down from 10, so it couldn't be more obvious when to say 'cheese'.
* The SMART function of the camera is evident when taking photographs. The little icon in the corner changes from scenery mode, to portrait, to low light conditions - all without having to change any setting - it's excellent at detecting the setting in which the picture is being taken.
* Wi-fi: this is a revolution! I don't have a smart phone and so feel frustrated by the inability to take pictures and instantly upload to social network sites or email to family and friends. With my old digital camera it meant booting up the PC, downloading the pics before I could do anything else with them. This camera has in-built wi-fi and it's so easy to connect! Just connect to the network and you're away - uploading pics (even those taken at the maximum resolution of 16 megapixels) is quick and easy. You can connect wirelessly to any other device on the network, so it's just as easy to share photos with your home PC. The ability to upload to a cloud, or automatically back-up photos, is an added bonus. This is a winning feature of the camera and has taken the digital camera to the next level of usefulness.
The x5 optical zoom is as you'd expect, but just perfect for a camera of this size. The picture quality is excellent (as you'd expect at 16.1 megapixels!) and the LCD screen on the back of the camera is very large and crystal clear. The movie function is equally as impressive, with outstanding quality recording.
There are some fun extra features, such as adding a frame to photos or special effect (sepia, charcoal drawing, old movie effect etc) that will appeal to younger users as well as offer a novel twist to photos which could then be used on personalised photo gifts etc. There's also a panoramic function, which is easy to use and creates a good panoramic effect. I had great fun playing with all the extra features on this, although not sure how many I'll use on a regular basis!
The camera itself is very easy to use - the menu and functions feel more like that of a computer than a camera. As you navigate through the various options on the menu, if you're unsure what a particular function does then just leave it highlighted for a second and a helpful box appears summarising what that feature does. It's not a touchscreen LCD, which I prefer as there's less tendency for things to go wrong, and the buttons themselves are minimal but easy to activate.
This is genuinely a really lovely compact digital camera. It's not going to get the super-zoom of an slr but then an slr wouldn't fit easily in your pocket! It feels well-made and well-designed. I have an SLR camera (granted it's not all-singing) but the picture quality of this Samsung, combined with the brilliant features and portability, means that I'll probably always reach for this camera before my others.
take picture everywhere unbelievable piece of technology for a quite compact and small camera. Read more
like that l can email photos straight to friends
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