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Samsung NV9

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9 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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3 stars
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Pros

  • accurate colours
  • little distortion and good definition
  • good build quality and the menu is also easy to get around

Cons

  • Overly saturated in the primaries
  • blues are really punched out almost to a sickly amount
  • Primary blue really has impact while red and yellow pale in comparison

Key specs

  • CCD
  • 6.08x4.56 mm
  • 10 Mpx
  • 3648, 2736 px
  • 4.9
  • Single Auto Focus
  • 2.7 in
  • no

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Samsung NV9 - Pros & Cons

Samsung NV9

Pros

  • accurate colours
  • little distortion and good definition
  • good build quality and the menu is also easy to get around
  • bright and easy to understand menu system
  • It also has an innovative design
  • sleek
  • stylish
  • futuristic body and cool vintage
  • The controls work well and have a good feel
  • It looks great
  • is solidly made

Cons

  • Overly saturated in the primaries
  • blues are really punched out almost to a sickly amount
  • Primary blue really has impact while red and yellow pale in comparison
  • The skin tone tile looks too pale on the chart
  • The portrait image is distinctly cooler than I expected
  • the memory-card gauge only indicates the proportion of unused space
  • the zoom action is really slow too
  • too big a lump of metal to lug around as a music player
  • The flash is a little underpowered
  • The supplied headphones are pretty poor

Samsung NV9 - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
2.7 in
Best:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
Screen size: 6.7 in
IconISO maximum
1600
Best:
Pentax KP
ISO maximum: 819200
IconEffective pixels
10 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx
IconMax resolution
3648 x 2736 px
Best:
Leica M11
Max resolution: 9528 x 6328 px

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Samsung NV9 - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeCCD
Sensor size0.24 in
Sensor photo detectors10.0 Mpx
Effective pixels10.0 Mpx
Image ratio w:h
  • 4:3
  • 3:2
  • 16:9
Max resolution3648 x 2736 px
Other resolutions
  • 4384x2920
  • 4834x2464
  • 3264x2448
  • 2592x1944
  • 2048x1536
  • 1024x768
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom5.0 x
Digital zoom5.0 x
Minimum aperture3.7
Maximum aperture4.9
Focal length equiv38 - 190
AutofocusSingle Auto Focus
Manual focusNo
Normal focus range31.5 in
Macro focus range1.97 in
Image stabiliserOptical
Filter threadno
Folded opticsyes
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Photography features
Minimum shutter speed1.0 s
Maximum shutter speed1.0 s
Shutter priorityno
Aperture priorityno
Exposure compensation plus2
Exposure compensation minus-2
Expousure compensation steps1/3
Built-in flashyes
Flash modes
  • Fill-in Flash
  • Flash OFF
  • Redeye Reduction
  • Slow Sync
External flashno
Scene modesBacklight
Self-timeryes
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Audio features
Built-in microphoneyes
Voice recordingyes
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Dimensions
Weight4.92 oz
Width3.74 in
Height2.36 in
Depth0.84 in
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Power
Battery technology
Lithium-Ion
Battery capacity1050.0 mAh
Rechargeable batteryyes
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Other features
Timelapse recordingno
GPSno
Orientation sensorno
Date imprintingyes
Image editing modes
  • Resizing
  • Rotating
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Image
ISO
  • 80
  • 100
  • 200
  • 400
  • 800
  • 1600
  • 3200
  • Auto
ISO Autoyes
ISO minimum80
ISO maximum1600
Boosted ISO maximum3200
Maximum image resolution3648 x 2736 px
White balance presets6
White balance modes
  • Auto
  • Cloudy
  • Custom
  • Daylight
  • Fluorescent
  • Tungsten
Custom white balanceno
Supported image file formatsJPEG
Photo effects
  • Black&White
  • Negative film
  • Sepia
Image stabilizeryes
Image stabilization typeOptical
Uncompressed formatNo
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size2.7 in
Articulated LCDno
Screen technologyLCD
Screen dots230000
Touch screenno
Live viewyes
ViewfinderNone
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Videography features
Maximum resolution640 x 480 px
Video recordingyes
Supported video file formatsAVI
Camera playback
  • Single image
  • Slide show
  • Thumbnails
Max frame rate (highest resolution)30.0 fps
Motion JPEG frame rate15.0 fps
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Design
Body typeCompact
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Pink
  • Silver
Environmentally sealedno
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Storage
Internal storage10.0 mB
Compatible memory cards
  • MMC
  • SD
Storage types
  • MMC
  • MMC Plus
  • SD
  • SDHC
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Connectivity
HDMIno
USB version2.0
DC-in jackyes
Remote controlNo
PictBridgeyes
NFCno
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)no
Bluetoothno
AV outputyes

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Samsung NV9 Samsung - Editorial Reviews (5)

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Based on 5 reviews
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Samsung NV9 Samsung NV9
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Trusted Reviews
Published: 08.05.2009
Samsung NV9
4.0

An ultra-compact digital camera with an analogue display

Samsung NV9 Samsung NV9 Review
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Trusted Reviews
Published: 25.09.2009
Samsung NV9 Review
4.1

As the NV-series begins to phase out, the Samsung NV9 sees it depart on a high note - the What Digital Camera Samsung NV9 review sees why...

Samsung NV9 Samsung NV9
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CNET
Published: 04.03.2009
Samsung NV9

The NV9 is a very tempting 10-megapixel super-slim camera. It offers far more than you'd expect for its £120 price, including an attractively finished and robust metal body, a 5x zoom, a built-in MP3 player and surprisingly good picture quality. It's not perfect but, for the price, it's pretty close

Samsung NV9 Samsung tops-up NV range with new NV9
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DPReview
Published: 16.07.2008
Samsung tops-up NV range with new NV9

Samsung's distinctive NV range gets another member with the announcement of the NV9 (TL9 in North America). It's got a 5x optical zoom, 10.2 megapixel sensor and the ability to play MP3 music files. It also contains all sorts of metering and image processing cleverness to help optimise photographs of social situations, with tricks and tweaks to help ensure well-exposed, smiley faces with smooth skin and open eyes. There are even fuel-gauge-style indicators for battery life and memory card space on the top of the camera that we think will polarize opinion into either 'cool' or 'entertaining'.

Samsung NV9 Samsung NV9 digital camera
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Pocket-lint
Published: 14.01.2009
Samsung NV9 digital camera
4.0

As with other NV models in the Samsung range, the NV9 is part camera, part multimedia system, offering a host of gizmos besides the kit for talking