Excellent bridge camera (Samsung Pro815)

Member Name: interspacialgeek

Product:	Samsung Pro815
Date:	23/06/08 (65 review reads)
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Advantages: fully featured

Disadvantages: somewhat bulky

I've owned this camera for over a year now and it's so effective that I see no reason to move upto an SLR. In fact apart from the fact that the lens is fixed it is an SLR. It contains all the usual shooting modes as well as full manuel controls. It also shoots in JPG, TIFF and the professional RAW format.

It is a bulky beast but then so too are the SLR's that it is emulating - for a bridge camera it sure looks, feels and works like an SLR. The fixed Schneider lens are absolutely superb and produce highly detailed images.

Battery life is very good - I've used my camera daily and I've only given it a full charge say a dozen times in a year. I've shot too in all conditions and once the controls are mastered. This is not too difficult as the manuel is so well written but it does take some time as the camera is so advanced.

I'm proud to own this camera and I think you will be too.

Summary: only just short of perfect.

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