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Reviews of the Samsung HZ15W

  • 6.2

    CNET Review

    November 5, 2009

    The Good: Good feature set; miniHDMI out; 24mm-equivalent wide-angle lens with 10x zoom.

    The Bad: Subpar photo quality; menu system too spread out.

    The Bottom Line: The Samsung HZ15W has good parts and features, but ultimately disappoints on the whole.

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  • 9.0

    alaTest.com

    By alaTest | November 23, 2009

    Review Summary: Experts rate this product 74/100 and users 91/100. Comparing these reviews to 555170 other Digital Compact Cameras reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 90/100 = Excellent.

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  • No Rating

    dcresource.com

    By Jeff Keller | August 14, 2009

    Review Summary: Like most cameras these days, the HZ15W has built-in memory, instead of having a memory card included in the box. Samsung put relatively little memory into the HZ15 (21MB to be exact), which holds just three photos at the highest quality setting. Thus ...

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  • No Rating

    washingtonpost.com

    By Tim Barribeau | July 29, 2009

    Review Summary: One feature we really enjoyed about the HZ15W was the amount of manual control on offer. In addition to program mode, and a truckload of scene modes, it has fully manual exposure controls. However, you can only set the aperture in this mode to ...

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  • 8.6

    digitalcamerainfo.com

    By Tim Barribeau | July 24, 2009

    Review Summary: Samsung HZ15W is part of the relatively new division of the point-and-shoot market, the compact ultrazoom. These squeeze significant zoom lenses into bodies only marginally bigger than a standard camera

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Manufacturer: Samsung

Part number: EC-HZ15WABP/US

General

  • Product Type Digital camera - Compact
  • Width 4.1 in
  • Depth 1.5 in
  • Height 2.4 in
  • Weight 7.7 oz
  • Enclosure Color Gray

Main Features

  • Resolution 12.2 megapixels
  • Color Support Color
  • Optical Sensor Type CCD
  • Total Pixels 12,400,000 pixels
  • Effective Sensor Resolution 12,200,000 pixels
  • Light Sensitivity ISO 80, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600, ISO auto, ISO 3200 (3Mpix)
  • Digital Zoom 5 x
  • Shooting Modes Frame movie mode
  • Shooting Programs Cafe, Dawn, Food, Text, Sunset, Children, Close-up, Fireworks, Landscape, Anti shake, Back light, Beach/snow, Beauty shot, Portrait mode, Self-portrait
  • Special Effects Red, Blue, Calm, Cool, Soft, Green, Noise, Retro, Sepia, Vivid, Forest, Classic, Negative, Black & White
  • Image Stabilizer Optical
  • Image stabilizer feature Optical stabilization helps prevent blurry pictures, especially for handheld cameras at slow shutter speeds or when using high optical zoom.
  • Max Shutter Speed 1/1500 sec
  • Min Shutter Speed 16 sec
  • Exposure Metering Spot, Multi-segment, Center-weighted
  • Exposure Modes Program, Automatic
  • Exposure Compensation ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps
  • Face Detection Yes
  • White Balance Custom, Presets, Automatic
  • White Balance Presets Cloudy, Daylight, Tungsten light, Fluorescent light (daylight), Fluorescent light (cool white)
  • Digital Video Format H.264
  • Still Image Format JPEG
  • Remote Control Optional
  • TV Tuner None
  • Video Capture H.264 - 1280 x 720, H.264 - 1280 x 720, H.264 - 640 x 480, H.264 - 640 x 480, H.264 - 320 x 240, H.264 - 320 x 240, H.264 - 320 x 240

Memory / Storage

  • Supported Flash Memory SD Memory Card
  • Integrated Memory 30 MB
  • Floppy Drive None

Camera Flash

  • Camera Flash Built-in flash
  • Flash Modes Auto mode, Fill-in mode, Slow synchro, Flash OFF mode, Red-eye reduction
  • Red Eye Reduction Yes
  • Effective Flash Range 1 ft - 15.4 ft
  • Features Flash +/- compensation

Lens System

  • Type Zoom lens - 4.2 mm - 42 mm - F/3.3-5.8
  • Focal Length 4.2 mm - 42 mm
  • Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera 24 - 240 mm
  • Focus Adjustment Manual, Automatic
  • Min Focus Range 19.7 in
  • Macro Focus Range 5cm
  • Lens Aperture F/3.3-5.8
  • Optical Zoom 10 x
  • Zoom Adjustment Motorized drive
  • Lens Manufacturer Schneider-Kreuznach
  • Features Built-in lens shield

Additional Features

  • Self Timer Yes
  • Self Timer Delay 2 sec, 10 sec
  • Additional Features DPOF support, Direct print, Face retouch, Face detection, Audio recording, Date/time stamp, Built-in speaker, Contrast control, Cropping an image, Resizing an image, Sharpness control, Exif Print support, PictBridge support, Saturation control, In-camera red-eye fix, USB 2.0 compatibility, Digital image rotation, 720p HD movie recording, Dual image stabilization, Blink Detection technology, Intelligent Scene Selector, Smile Detection technology, Auto Contrast Balance (ACB), Digital image stabilization

Viewfinder

  • Viewfinder Type None

Display

  • Type LCD display - TFT active matrix - 3 in - Color
  • Display Form Factor Built-in
  • Display Format 460,000 pixels

Digital Player (Recorder)

  • Type None

Microphone

  • Type Microphone - Built-in
  • Microphone Operation Mode Stereo

Connections

  • Connector Type 1 x USB, 1 x Composite video/audio output, 1 x HDMI output
  • Expansion Slot(s) 1 x SD Memory Card

Software

  • Software Adobe Reader, Samsung Master, Apple QuickTime, Drivers & Utilities

System Requirements for PC Connection

  • Peripheral Devices USB port, CD-ROM drive

Miscellaneous

  • Included Accessories Carrying strap
  • Cables Included USB cable, A/V cable

Battery

  • Supported Battery Samsung SLB-10A
  • Supported Battery 1 x Li-ion rechargeable battery - 1050 mAh ( Included )

Environmental Parameters

  • Min Operating Temperature 32 °F
  • Max Operating Temperature 104 °F

Product Video

Product Photos

  • OVR
  • BK
  • TP
  • SD

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Samsung HZ15W

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