Samsung Digimax 800K 0.8MP Digital Camera

Samsung Digimax 800K 0.8MP Digital Camera
Manufacturer: Samsung
Product Type: Photography

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Digimax 800K is designed for beginners to take photos with easiness. This camera possesses high technical specifications with simple functions and compact size. It has fixed focus lens, which can take photos as close as 22cm and you can change the macro mode by simply changing lever in front. Also, to reduce the battery consumption, it disregards LCD display. Without LCD, the operating time will be expanded. The camera can operate with just two alkaline batteries (AA type) thus effectively reducing the total weight. As it adapts RS 232C for PC interface, it can easily connect to any PC. With Twain driver, you can edit your the pictures in Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft PictureIT. This camera adapts Removable SmartMedia card as external storage and by using Card reader drive or Floppy Disk Adapter, the SmartMedia will make a PC connection without Serial Cable.
Amazon.com Product Description
The Samsung Digimax 800 digital camera is a model designed for digital-imaging beginners who want to take pictures without having to focus or deal with complicated controls. Weighing less than 7 ounces and measuring just 3.33 by 3.12 by 1.25 inches, the Samsung Digimax 800k is very compact and light. This camera produces pictures with a maximum resolution of 1,024 x 768 pixels and uses SmartMedia card memory for picture storage. With the provided 2 MB card, you can snap about 15 pictures before you have to download your pictures or replace your SmartMedia card.

The Samsung Digimax 800 does not offer an LCD display--a feature that is standard with many digital cameras. However, this camera does not go through batteries as quickly as most digital cameras. The Digimax 800 connects to PCs with an RS-2232-C serial connection.

Samsung Digimax 800K 0.8MP Digital Camera

Average customer rating:

Not Bad for the Money
Be realistic
Samsung Digimax 800k
Why all the negativity??
for beginners?

Samsung Digimax 800K 0.8MP Digital Camera

Manufacturer: Samsung
ProductGroup: Photography
Binding: Electronics

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Accessories:

SimpleTech FlashLink All-in-One USB Reader
SanDisk 16 MB SmartMedia Card (SDSM-16-490)
Viking 32 MB SmartMedia Card (SSFDC3/32)
SanDisk 32 MB SmartMedia Card
Viking 64 MB SmartMedia Card (SSFDC3/64)

Product Features:

0.8 megapixel sensor captures enough detail for photo-quality 4 x 6 prints
Fixed-focus lens for hassle-free shots
Included 2 MB SmartMedia card holds 15 images at default resolution
Connects to Macs and PCs via serial port
2 AA batteries included

ASIN: B00004SVM9

Amazon.com Product Description

The Samsung Digimax 800 digital camera is a model designed for digital-imaging beginners who want to take pictures without having to focus or deal with complicated controls. Weighing less than 7 ounces and measuring just 3.33 by 3.12 by 1.25 inches, the Samsung Digimax 800k is very compact and light. This camera produces pictures with a maximum resolution of 1,024 x 768 pixels and uses SmartMedia card memory for picture storage. With the provided 2 MB card, you can snap about 15 pictures before you have to download your pictures or replace your SmartMedia card.

Product Description

Digimax 800K is designed for beginners to take photos with easiness. This camera possesses high technical specifications with simple functions and compact size. It has fixed focus lens, which can take photos as close as 22cm and you can change the macro mode by simply changing lever in front. Also, to reduce the battery consumption, it disregards LCD display. Without LCD, the operating time will be expanded. The camera can operate with just two alkaline batteries (AA type) thus effectively reducing the total weight. As it adapts RS 232C for PC interface, it can easily connect to any PC. With Twain driver, you can edit your the pictures in Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft PictureIT. This camera adapts Removable SmartMedia card as external storage and by using Card reader drive or Floppy Disk Adapter, the SmartMedia will make a PC connection without Serial Cable.

Customer Reviews:

Not Bad for the Money.......2003-07-01

Batteries seem to be everyones biggest problem. I bough some NiMh rechargeable batteries that will last for at least 80 pictures on a single charge. When I upload pictures on the computer I use an adapter since it does use a lot of battery power. It takes great outdoor photos. Indoor photos don't work out too well. It doesn't have an LCD screen, but if in doubt, you can just take another since it doesn't cost anything anyway. If you're going to use it mostly for viewing on a computer and for sending by Email it is great. For printing photos it's not high enough resolution.

Be realistic.......2002-09-30

Bought my camera 2 years ago and I'm quite impressed with the results, considering the low investment.
My advise for you is `be realistic'. This camera produces excellent pictures for internet and presentations, but should not be your choice if you want to print pictures.
A pair of good-quality alkaline batteries will deliver c 100 non-flash shots.
A 8 mb card (+ the 2 mb one that comes with the camera) will allow you to shot c 90 - 100 pictures. Buy a USB card reader to download pictures to your PC; don't use the serial cable as it exhausts batteries. Once downloaded, I prefer not to view my pictures in the full screen mode; the pictures look better when smaller in the screen.
The in-built flash will deliver mediocre results and drain your batteries; this camera works much better with good lightening. But be careful with over exposed objects.
The photo editing software is more than sufficient for domestic work i.e. adjusting colour and brightness. Don't waste your money buying another (over-functioned) software unless you want to give a `professional' touch in your pictures.
This camera does not have zoom lens nor LCD screen to help you to preview your shots, but this is not a problem at all.
Don't get disappointed if your first pictures are not as good as you expected. Give you time to learn how Digimax works and you'll be amazed with the results that 0.8 megapixels can deliver.

Samsung Digimax 800k.......2002-05-20

I bought this camera because it was the cheapest in the local store. I wanted it only to take photos for uploading ...for use on my web page. At first I wasn't impressed, the image quality wasn't very good and the camera went through Duracell batteries at an incredible speed making it very expensive to run.

Now I have got used to it, I actually quite like it! I can usually judge if the light is OK and a good image will result.

Good points: Cheap, small and easy to use. Capable of reasonable images if light is right.

Bad points: You cannot see the images until you have loaded them into the computer so you don't know if your pictures are any good. But then that's what I am used to with film cameras anyway. Battery life is a real problem (see below).

Tips: Buy a smart media card reader for your computer and don't use the serial transfer. This will vastly prolong battery life. Buy some rechargeable NiMh AA cells and a charger. They will repay their cost in no time at all.

I want to get a bigger smart media card (the 2mb one that comes with the camera only holds 15 images). The information I have seen is contradictory on the subject. Some of it says 16mB is the maximum and some says there is no limit (assuming 128mB max). I guess I'll buy a big card and try it unless someone can confirm that it won't work?

Why all the negativity??.......2002-05-17

I dont understand why so many people are bagging this camera. I have had mine for a couple of months now and honestly, I couldnt be happier. I knew I wasnt buying a professional digital camera with all the bells and whistles of a more [costly] one but for what I paid for it, it has not disappointed me. Sure it has its downsides to it. The amount of batteries it goes through is a bit disappointing but I have found if I buy the really [less costly] ones they only last for maybe about 7-8 photos. I buy the slightly more [costly] ones which last a lot longer. For downloading, I use rechargable batteries as they give it the life it needs to download all 14-15 pics without a hassel. It is by no means a 'serious' digital camera for professionals, but for a beginner like me its fantastic. For me it gives great photos in all conditions provided you follow some basic photographic principles. My wife used it the other day to photograph a friends house being built and she came back with some fantastic shots (my wife and cameras generally do not like each other). With a bit of practice and image manipulation after downloading (the software that comes with it has all those features) the photos turn out really well.
The bottom line is this: if you want a camera that takes sharp, crisp professional looking photos, then buy one that has everything and spend a lot of money. But, if you want to try out the world of digital photography, then this camera is an ideal beginners camera. Practice using the camera in all types of light, either invest in a imaging program like adobe photoshop or download some fantastic free imaging programs from the internet for free. If you do your homework, then there is no reason why this camera wont give you great looking photos, unless off course you dont have the patients to practice in which case youd be better off with a point and shoot instamatic camera.

for beginners?.......2002-04-22

After reading the review of this camera I decdied to go and buy one. Afterall they are [onexpensive] and apparently reliable. I also bout 32 expensive batteries thinking they would last me a while. They lasted less than 3 days. Now, it would be logical to assume that I took a huge amount of pictures but you would be wrong.

The total number of pictures I took was just under 100. 16 times the batteries were changed as the camera kept flashing "battery low" and turning itself off on me right in the middle of a shot.

Batteries aside, let me mention the quality of the pictures. Oh my god do not move and make sure you have the lighting perfect. The slightest shake and your picture is ruined and if the lighting is wrong you can just imagine. Also, there is actually 2 settings for the camera. One I assume is for close up and one is for further away. I read and re-read the manual and although it says to change the setting back after using the macro setting, what "beginner" knows what a macro picture is? The manual fails to explain what the actual difference is between the 2 settings. It just states that if you don't turn the setting back your pictures will be blurry. Problem is that they are blurry a lot anyway.

This camera, once your batteries have been replaced and you have found the perfect light, providing you have the camera setting on the right one the picture quality can be quite good. A few turned out like mirror images- bear in mind I say a few kindly.

I personally, as well as my friends and family, agree that this camera is [inexpensive] at first but after you buy the adaptor or the constant supply of batteries you need, it does work out quite expensive. I would estimate that you can expect to get one good picture to every 4 taken, and one great one to every 12+.

I guess this is a case of you get what you pay for!

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