Reviews of the Samsung Digimax L60
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CNET Review
The Good: Decent pictures; offers lots of ways to tweak images.
The Bad: Heavy purple fringing in images; slow burst mode.
The Bottom Line: If you can get past the occasional purple halo in your photos and don't need to shoot in bursts, the Samsung Digimax L60 is a solid point-and-shoot camera.
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alaTest.com
Review Summary: Experts rate this product 73/100 and users 89/100. Comparing these reviews to 272857 other Digital Compact Cameras reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 86/100 = Very Good.
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asia.cnet.com
Review Summary: If you can get past the occasional purple halo in your photos and don't need to shoot in bursts, the Samsung Digimax L60 is a solid point-and-shoot camera.
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steves-digicams.com
Review Summary: Bottom line - the Samsung Digimax L60 is a tempting model in the 6-megapixel compact consumer digicam category. Other than the issues we saw with one of our subjects, it offers good image quality, performance, and versatility, all at a reasonable price of
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digital photography blog
Review Summary: The Samsung Digimax L60 is a 6 megapixel digital camera with a 3x Optical Zoom lens and a 2.4 inch LCD screen. Movie mode comes with MPEG-4 and image stabilization. Like numerous other digital cameras this year it doesn't have a view finder and users will
Manufacturer: Samsung
Part number: 132007
General
- Product Type Digital camera
- Point-and-shoot highlights With a slim profile of 0.8 in., this camera fits easily into a pocket or purse. Having video capture capability adds convenience for the user.
- Width 3.7 in
- Depth 0.8 in
- Height 2 in
Main Features
- Resolution 6 megapixels
- Sensor resolution 6 megapixels
- Optical Sensor Type CCD
- Effective Sensor Resolution 6,000,000 pixels
- Total Pixels 6,200,000 pixels
- Optical Sensor Size 1/2.5 in
- Light Sensitivity ISO 200, ISO 50, ISO auto, ISO 400, ISO 100
- Digital Zoom 5x
- Shooting Modes Frame movie mode
- Shooting Programs Sunset, Back light, Landscape, Portrait mode, Beach/snow, Children, Text, Night mode, Close-up, Fireworks
- Special effects Negative, Blue, Black & White, Sepia, Frames, Red, Green
- Max Shutter Speed 1/2000 sec
- Min Shutter Speed 15 sec
- Exposure Metering Multi-segment, Spot
- Exposure Modes Program
- Exposure Compensation ?2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
- White Balance Custom, Automatic, Presets
- White Balance Presets Tungsten light, Cloudy, Fluorescent light (cool white), Fluorescent light (daylight), Daylight
- Digital video format MPEG-4
- Still Image Format JPEG
- Continuous Shooting Speed 2 frames per second
- Color support Color
- Video Capture MPEG-4 - 320 x 240, MPEG-4 - 160 x 128, MPEG-4 - 640 x 480
Memory / Storage
- Flash Memory 32 MB Flash - Integrated (soldered memory - 32 MB )
- Floppy Drive None
- Image Storage Super-fine JPEG 2048 x 1536, Super-fine JPEG 2592 x 1944, Super-fine JPEG 1600 x 1200, Super-fine JPEG 2816 x 2112, Super-fine JPEG 640 x 480, Super-fine JPEG 2272 x 1704, Super-fine JPEG 1024 x 768
- Flash memory 32 MB - Integrated
- Memory soldered size 32 MB
- Supported Flash Memory MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card
Lens System
- Type Zoom lens - 5.8 mm - 17.4 mm - F/2.8-4.9
- Focal Length 5.8 mm - 17.4 mm
Additional Features
- Self Timer Yes
- Self Timer Delay 10 sec, 2 sec
- Additional Features USB 2.0 compatibility, DPOF support, Digital image stabilization (video mode), Audio recording, PictBridge support, Date/time stamp
Camera Flash
- Effective Flash Range 4 in - 10 ft
- Type Built-in flash
- Flash Modes Flash OFF mode, Fill-in mode, Slow synchro, Auto mode, Auto mode with red-eye reduction
- Red Eye Reduction Yes
- Effective flash range 4 in - 10 ft
Display
- Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.4 in - Color
- Mounting Built-in
- Resolution 112,320 pixels
Microphone
- Type Microphone - Built-in
- Mode Mono
Connections
- Connector Type 1 x Composite video/audio output, 1 x USB
- Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card
Lens Systems
- Auto Focus TTL contrast detection
- Type Zoom lens
- Focal length 5.8 mm - 17.4 mm
- Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 35 - 105 mm
- Focus adjustment Automatic, Manual
- Min Focus Range 31.5 in
- Macro Focus Range 5-80cm
- Lens Aperture F/2.8-4.9
- Optical Zoom 3 x
- Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
- Features Built-in lens shield
Miscellaneous
- Min Operating Temperature 32 ?F
- Max Operating Temperature 104 ?F
- Operating humidity 5 - 85%
System Requirements for PC Connection
- System Requirements Details MacOS 9.x - X 10.2 - PowerPC G3 - 64 MB - 110 MB, Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME/XP - Pentium II - 64 MB - 200 MB
- Hardware Windows 98/98SE/2000/ME/XP - Pentium II - 64 MB, MacOS 9.x - X 10.2 - PowerPC G3 - 64 MB
- Min hard drive 110 MB=200 MB
- Operating system MS Windows ME, MS Windows 98, MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, Apple Mac OS 9.0 - X 10.2, MS Windows 98 SE
- Peripherals USB port
Battery
- Supported Battery 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery ( Included )
Software
- Type Samsung Digimax Master, Drivers & Utilities
CNET Labs' Benchmarks
- Labs information All values are expressed in seconds. Please visit our labs information page<\/ref> for information on how digital cameras are tested.
- CNET Labs Flash shot to shot time 3.0
- CNET Labs Shot to shot time typical 2.0
- CNET Labs Shutter lag bright 0.7
- CNET Labs Shutter lag dim 1.6
- CNET Labs Typical burst speed 0.7
- CNET Labs Wake up time 2.1
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