Latest – Review and Sample Test Photos by Pocket-lint (added 23 January ‘08)
Samsung i7 features:
- 7.2 megapixel
- Rotating 3.0-inch LCD
- 3x optical zoom
- Advanced shake reduction
- ISO range up to 1600
- SVGA quality MPEG-4 video
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Pocket-lint – 23 January’08 – reviews the Samsung i7 and notes that with a such a huge feature set it too bad the camera operates so slow. Here is a summary of their review -
If you’re primary interest is a multimedia then this camera may interest you. If you’re interested primarily in a digital camera then the i7 will probably disappoint you. Everything about this camera seems to be sluggish.
GoodGearGuide – 16 January’08 – reviews the Samsung i7 and warns this is not a quality product. Here is a summary of their review -
It may be handy but its quality sucks. If you’re into portable video and MP3 player then the i7 camera might make sense for you. Image quality is just not very good with obvious softness, digital noise, and flat dull colors. Add to the mix no real creative controls other than the standard scene modes and the camera ends up being a substandard performer.
PhotoReview – 16 October’07 – reviews the Samsung i7 and noted that many of the test photos had overexposed highlights. Here is an excerpt from their review -
Close-up performance was very good, particularly with the super macro setting, although shots showed some sharpening artefact’s. Elevated saturation produced some lurid color reproduction with a few close-up subjects. Digital zoom shots were slightly soft and artifact-affected. Long exposures taken with the Night scene mode had plenty of detail, natural-looking colors and little apparent image noise. Dark-frame subtraction appears to be used in this mode as part of the camera’s noise-reduction processing.
CNET.co.uk reviews the Samsung i7 and proclaims that depending on your perspective the i7 is innovative and cool or a toy with nothing but gimmicks. There’s no question, the camera performs well but it is a little on the slow side. CNET.co.uk’s reviewer liked the innovative touch screen menu system but was less enthused by the lack of image stabilization. Number one gripe on the review list was speed, as in, the i7 suffers from lack of.
Bottom Line: Innovative and convenient digital camera with slow operational speed and lack of image stabilization.
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Photography Blog – 7/26/2007 – reviews the Samsung i7 proclaims the camera is a “winning combination” of digital camera and music player. The large LCD is super easy to use because of Samsung’s new camera menu system. Good picture quality and speedy operation make the i7 a pleasure to use writes the reviewer. Like most other digitals high ISO settings also bring increased digital noise.
Bottom Line: Highly recommended multimedia device.
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ePhotozine – 7/20/2007 – has reviewed the Samsung i7 and writes, “There’s not much point in including multimedia features in a camera if they can’t stand up on their own so that’s the first question – if you have an i7, will you leave your MP3 player at home. The answer is that the audio quality is good enough, there is a basic graphic equalizer to optimise the sound, and it does have just about enough internal memory to make it worth while at 512Mb. There’s also the storage card of course, but you are likely to be recording pictures onto that. The functions of the MP3 player are crude, but serviceable so yes, you’ll be able to use it for that purpose. Though it makes a pretty big player in that case. The video function is worthwhile, even though the supplied Samsung software has to be used to convert files to the .SDC format. That 3in. screen will show off clips, though it’s perhaps too small to sit and watch films on.”
T3 – 4/10/2007 – has reviewed the 7.2 megapixel Samsung i7 and they write, “Hiding under all this multimedia nonsense is a decent-enough seven-megapixel compact. Images are bright and colourful, if low on detail and prone to wandering focus. The movie mode has two nice surprises: you can use the silent 3x zoom while you film, and clips can be recorded at near-DVD sizes. Other welcome innovations are a generous 450MB internal memory, and the option to use high-capacity SDHC cards.
In all honesty, though, there’s a reason why nobody’s made a PMP-cam with a rotating screen before, and it’s called common sense. It’s fun for a quick spin, but this is just a gimmick too far.”
DigitalCameraInfo – 4/1/2007 – has taken the 7.2 megapixel Samsung i7 for an initial hands on inspection and here’s what they think, “The Samsung i7 combines the features of a digital still camera, audio player, and video player into one small, well-designed device. However, it (like most hybrid devices) isn’t that great at any of the tasks it performs. We weren’t able to test the image quality of the camera. It has a pretty good set of features but nothing outstanding. The video and audio player modes are the same. They do the basic tasks, but the screen is small compared to a dedicated portable video player, and the audio player is nowhere near as easy to use as an iPod. So, the i7 falls in the curious grey area of hybrid devices. It does the job but without much finesse and isn’t as easy to use as a dedicated device. It might be acceptable if you want just one device to occasionally take pictures, occasionally play music, and occasionally watch videos. But you’ll be better off with a dedicated device if you want to do anything more than the most casual shooting.”
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Tuesday 30th January – Building on its heritage in digital camera innovation, Samsung Cameras has today unveiled the sleek i7 equipped with an industry leading, intuitive, Physical User Interface (PUI) designed to make capturing and enjoying special moments an effortless affair. A must-have for the style conscious, the i7 is equipped with a 3.0″ touch screen LCD which rotates through 180 degrees allowing the user to quickly switch between features, so that they’re always ready to capture the action. An in-built Tour Guide function provides instant access to travel information covering 4,000 regions in 30 countries, so you’ll always know where the action is!
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this is an absolute toy . As an mp3 player , too heavy and slow , with tiny buffer, as a camera, it is like a even more severly annoying noise box than an already world-famous noise box camera of its predecessor.
So in any way , I am sure it is useless, usual only on paper great, innovative kinda typical Samsung product.
Its a great product for beginners which has ‘ASR’ mode for a guaranteed good picture and for advanced users have options to change aperture between 3.5 to 8 and shutter speed without changes ISO. And yes it also has MP3 and PMP video which is defiantly a bonus