Samsung Digimax 800K

I like Samsung. They made my DVD players (the 807, then the 709), my combi microwave, one of my mobiles and now my first digital camera. As with the rest of their products, it's priced at the lower end of the market, has reasonable features and performs well for the money. It cost me 120 pounds, which is about the going price at the moment, and I bought a cheap 8Mb compact flash card to go with it (it comes with a 2Mb card, which isn't quite big enough for a long day out. I believe that 8MB is the maximum it will take, so don't bother buying any bigger if you get this model. I can fit over 30 photos on the card, with plenty of space left. It has ...

This is the first digital camera I have bought; it is one of the cheapest ‘proper’ digital camera’s available. By ‘proper’ I mean its only a digital camera, not a web cam or movie clip cam or mp3 player, just a digital camera. The Digimax is compact and should fit into most coat pockets easily enough and it comes with small PVC case with a belt hook for easy carrying. It also has a carry strap that fits on one corner. Connection to a PC is done through the serial port for which a lead is supplied. Software comes on floppy disk for the TWAIN drivers, which work well with most popular image software and CD for the supplied image ...

Samsung’s Digimax 800K is a great little camera for those who want to try a digital camera for the first time, not have to spend too much money or need a degree to work their way through a whole bundle of clever tricks and features. This camera is very limited in extras, but for a beginner, would make an ideal purchase. It’s priced fairly reasonably compared to others (around £80 to £100 if you shop around) and the first thing I noticed about it, was how light and plasticky it seems to be. The camera comes in a small silver plastic body and is incredibly lightweight, less than 200g. At first appearance, you would be forgiven for thinking this was a ...