Samsung WB2100 Digital Camera (Black)

It's a nice design and great zoom but it takes LOUSY action shots and low light pics. What's even more annoying is the time it takes to snap a photo very poor lag time.

Update:

I have several disappointments with this camera.

1) Even using the Kids setting from the Scene mode does not capture action shots that well.

2) The auto-focus does not always focus how you want, where you have to refocus.

I have found the video capture to be great, as it picks up sounds well even a noisy room.

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I bought the Samsung WB2100 on May 4, 2013 as this digital camera has what I'm looking for: a decent price and good features for a non-SLR camera. Before finding the Samsung WB2100, I was going to get the Canon PowerShot SX500 IS.

The Samsung WB2100 has the following features:

1) 35X optical zoom, which can be set from the zoom on the lens or zoom on the camera body.

2) Has a 70X digital zoom, which can be set from the zoom on the camera body. I don't know how good the images look at 70X.

3) Defaults to record videos in 1080p. The movie size set from 320x240 to 1920x1080.

4) Defaults to an image size of 16MB. Can take photo sizes of 3MB to 16MB. When scrolling through the picture sizes, the info states what paper size the picture size is good for.

5) Flash is not motorized, and has to be opened with the release button.

6) Has an AEL button to add exposure to your shot. I have to find out how to reset the exposure after using AEL.

7) Menu setting can mute video recording when zooming in-and-out. By default, muting when zooming in enabled for video recording.

8) LCD screen tilts out in several different positions. The LCD screen does not swing out or turn upside-down like other digital cameras offer.

9) The included charger can plug into a traditional socket, or be used as the USB cable. It seems the USB cable can charge the camera.

10) The bottom of camera can be screwed into a tripod.

11) When previewing images, you can rotate the image.

Aside from the features listed above, I like the following:

1) The only digital camera that I've had that does well in low light. In other words, during the daytime at home, I don't have to turn on my house lights to take a good image. I don't have to use the camera's flash either.

Here are some annoyances that I have:

1) The audio during the video recording is extremely sensitive. If you allow for audio to be recorded when zooming in-and-out, I found that camera picks up the audio of using the zoom on the lens. I don't know if the video recording picks up the sound of using the camera body's zoom.

2) You cannot turn on the camera with the lens cap on. The LCD will tell you remove the lens cap, power on the camera again, and then automatically powers off.

3) The traditional power adapter has no light to tell you if the camera is charging or not. There is an red indictor light on back of the camera body, just above the LCD screen.

4) You have to go into (camera) settings mode to change the menu sounds, the beep sound, shutter sound, and other sounds. Settings has other settings as well, like for the display, that you cannot get to with the menu button. I have not tried out all of the settings yet.

5) When the camera is on, you cannot put the lens cap on.

The following is not included:

1) No separate battery charger. You have to charge the battery through the camera, or buy the battery charger.

2) No SD or micro SD with an SD adapter is included.

3) There is no instruction manual.

4) There is no manual that tells you what the different knobs, dials, buttons, etc. do on the Samsung WB2100. I don't know if this is the way digital cameras are sold these days, or if Samsung assumes you have some digital camera experience.

I have the following unknowns:

1) If the industry or Samsung is going to offer a adapter ring or not. Without an adapter ring, I cannot add a UV filter.

2) If Samsung offers a more powerful flash or not for the Samsung WB2100.

To summarize, I recommend the Samsung WB2100 for someone--like me--who is sick and tired of the small optical zoom that compact digital cameras offer but do not want to have an SLR or heft around an SLR. It has 35X zoom! Other competing cameras, like the Canon PowerShot SX500 IS, only have 30X optical zoom.

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I bought this camera with the expectation that it would do everything that we want! However upon taking it out of the package and beginning to setup, it would freeze up and to power down you had to take out the battery. Once I powered it back up, it would take me through setup again only to freeze up after pushing any other button. When you have to call for troubleshooting a brand new item, it's time to replace it!

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