Wb500 SAMSUNG Dijital Fotograf Makinesi Fiyatları

Samsung WB500 Dijital Fotoğraf Makinesi

The Samsung WB500 (also known as the Samsung HZ10W) is a pocket digital camera featuring a versatile 10x, 24mm wide-angle zoom lens. Taking on the popular Panasonic TZ series of cameras, the 10 megapixel WB500 has a 2.7 inch LCD screen, 24-240mm lens with Dual Image Stabilization, and can record HD video at a resolution of 720p. A wealth of auto modes - Face Detection, Smile Shot, Blink Detection, Self Portrait and Beauty Shot - promise to make it easier for beginners to easily take great photos, while there’s also a Manual shooting mode for the more experienced user. The Samsung WB500 / HZ10W is available in black or silver for $299.99 / £229.
Ease of Use

Constructed of robust plastic with chrome detailing and large-ish buttons, Samsung's WB500 was released just a couple of months before its WB550 / HZ15W successor. The two cameras are virtually identical to each other, with the WB500 offering a 10 megapixel sensor and 2.7 inch LCD screen, and the WB550 featuring a 12 megapixel sensor and 3 inch screen, plus adding a HDMI output and Smart Auto mode. With a more affordable asking price of $299.99 / £229 (versus $329.99 / £299 for the WB550), is the 10 megapixel WB500 still worth considering?

First impressions are of a bold and chunky design that with a width of 36.5mm looks rather more conventional than previous additions to the same manufacturer's NV range. It actually looks more like a 35mm film compact of old. Apparently the WB prefix stands for 'Wide' and 'Big' - not necessarily the attributes you'd want attributed to a 'compact', but here it refers to the lens reach, equivalent to 24-240mm in 35mm terms.

Although it hasn't got an 'HD' suffix in the model name, as indicated in our introduction the Samsung WB500 nevertheless offers High Definition video clips (though at 1280x720 pixels rather than the Full HD 1920x1080), and, in what Samsung is claiming as a first for digital compacts in its class, these can be paused mid-record and recording then re-started. The user can therefore perform rudimentary 'editing' as they shoot. Fortunately the full extent of the optical zoom is accessible when shooting movies. Since that is one of the camera's key selling points, it would have been a travesty if it hadn't.

As expected, the large lens dominates proceedings at the front of the WB500, its surround jutting out almost a centimetre even when the camera is inactive, suggesting Samsung could have found room for a lens thread for supplementary attachments - a la Canon. The lens takes up the full height of the face plate, meaning the built-in flash bulb is shifted over to the left out of harm's way. Immediately beneath this are two small porthole-style windows for the AF assist/self timer lamp, and below it a sensor for an optional remote.

Unusually for a pocket compact, running top to bottom at the left hand side of the front plate (if viewed lens on) is a generous plastic strip with leather effect detailing. This provides enough purchase for the fingers when gripping the camera, as does the fact that the same side of the WB500 curves outward slightly in effect forming a rudimentary grip. This makes the model more comfortable to hold, and steadier too when shooting handheld at the extremities of the zoom. Sometimes bigger can have its advantages.

Looking down on the camera's top plate we find a row of chunky controls set into a wide mirrored chrome strip that lends the Samsung WB500 a modicum of style. Starting at the right, and 'sunk' slightly into the bodywork is a familiar bottle top style dial for the shooting modes. This feels firm to the touch and well implemented, in that the user can't accidentally slip from one setting to the other.