Typical price: £200
What is it: Compact digital camera with 7.2-megapixel sensor and 7x optical zoom
What we think: The NV7 OPS' novel interface can't compensate for its performance and photo quality
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 3 July 2007
Tags: Samsung, Samsung NV7 OPS, aperture priority, performance, zoom range
We like:
Long zoom for its size; pause during movie capture; voice notes
We don't like:
No optical viewfinder; LCD washes out and has narrow viewing angle; all-round noisy photos with poor white balance; camera automatically mutes audio while zooming in movies
CNET UK judgement:
The Samsung NV7 OPS' novel, engaging interface can't compensate for merely adequate performance and so-so photo quality
Full review:
Samsung's NV7 OPS simply confounds us: for a company to clearly have spent a great deal of time working on a novel but quite usable new interface, but implement it in a sluggish camera that produces noisy, overprocessed photos just seems, well, wrong. Continue Reading...
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