Samsung EX1 / TL500

portability, usability, performance, image quality, screen

durability

95% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

75% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Excellent dual-image stabilization ; In-camera retouching for RAW images ; Solid image quality ; Beautiful tilt-and-swivel OLED screen ; Ultra-wide-angle lens with F1.8 maximum aperture

Menu and controls can be unintuitive ; Poor video resolution and quality ; Battery must be charged in the camera ; Macro mode isn't as effective as competing cameras

The Samsung TL500 has some drool-worthy specs and shoots great photos, but it stumbles on usability and video quality.

Sharp images. Great low light performance. Articulating high-resolution OLED display. Micro-HDMI port.

Bulky. Expensive. No high-definition video capture. Noticeable shutter lag. Proprietary USB port.

Connectivity and Conclusions You can play your images and videos back on any HDTV via the TL500's micro-HDMI port. The camera writes photos and videos to SDHC memory cards, which can be easily transferred to your computer via a card reader. The TL500...

Good image quality, particularly at lower ISO settings ; Extremely bright F1.8-2.4 lens ; Useful 24mm equiv. wide angle ; High ISO performance good up to ISO 800 (and higher if processed from RAW) ; Accessible, quick-to-use manual controls ; Superb...

Highlight clipping and channel clipping in bright, high-contrast conditions ; Unpredictable metering requires regular use of exposure compensation ; No control over noise reduction (which is excessive at high ISO settings) ; Video limited to VGA...

The TL500 / EX1 is a very capable and well-featured photographers' compact camera. Its excellent (and articulated) OLED screen helps distinguish it from the conceptually similar Panasonic LX3. Overall it's among the best compact cameras available if...

Excellent build quality ; Intuitive control layout ; High quality 3x optical zoom with a fast f/1.8 max. aperture ; Captures beautiful 10-megapixel still photos ; Robust shooting performance ; Awesome 3.0-inch, rotating AMOLED display ; Excellent High...

No HD video capture option ; Weak built-in flash ; Auto WB setting wasn't always accurate ; No A/V cable included ; Battery charges in the camera, which means you can't charge a secondary pack while using the camera

Samsung has put together a worthy competitor in the "compact prosumer" category. It offers image quality and High ISO performance that is matched by few cameras of the same size, however you pay a hefty price for these performance results and features....

Samsung have certainly come a long way in a short time in the digital camera market. We can still remember the cheap multi-coloured look-alikes that the Korean giant used to churn out by their thousands, but recent cameras like the NX10 and now the new...

Excellent Schneider zoom with a fast f/1.8 maximum aperture, Intuitive control layout, Very impressive noise mangement, Decent battery life, Easily usable by both beginners and advanced shooters

Expensive, No HD video capture, A couple of minor design missteps, Battery charges in the camera

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