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Samsung PL55

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User ratings:
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4.7 out of 5
7 user ratings
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4 stars
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3 stars
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2 stars
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The Samsung PL55 is well made, attractively styled and has a good range of features for the price, but suffers from a number of annoying flaws.Read more
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Pros

  • the styling is attractive and contemporary
  • clean and well detailed

Cons

  • Noise is starting to become clearly visible at 400 ISO
  • The colours in this shot are not accurately rendered
  • slow and extremely unreliable

Key specs

  • CCD
  • 12.2 Mpx
  • 59
  • Center, Multi point
  • 2.7 in
  • no

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Samsung PL55 - Pros & Cons

Samsung PL55

Pros

  • the styling is attractive and contemporary
  • clean and well detailed

Cons

  • Noise is starting to become clearly visible at 400 ISO
  • The colours in this shot are not accurately rendered
  • slow and extremely unreliable
  • Maximum recording time is limited only by the memory card capacity
  • Samsung PL55 is a confusing camera

Samsung PL55 - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
2.7 in
Best:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
Screen size: 6.7 in
IconISO maximum
59
Best:
Pentax KP
ISO maximum: 819200
IconEffective pixels
12.2 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx

Samsung PL55 - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeCCD
Effective pixels12.2 Mpx
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom5.0 x
Digital zoom5.0 x
Maximum aperture59
Focus adjustmentAuto
Contrast adjustmentyes
Saturation adjustmentyes
Autofocus
  • Center
  • Multi point
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Photography features
Self-timer delay2.0 s
Built-in flashyes
Flash modes
  • Fill-in Flash
  • Flash OFF
  • Redeye Reduction
  • Slow Sync
Scene modes
  • Beach
  • Children
  • Close-up
  • Documents
  • Dusk
  • Fireworks
  • Night portrait
  • Sunset
  • Landscape
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Audio features
Built-in microphoneyes
Voice recordingyes
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Dimensions
Weight4.9 oz
Width3.82 in
Height2.32 in
Depth0.96 in
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Power
Battery technology
Lithium-Ion
Battery capacity1050.0 mAh
Number of batteries supported1
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Other features
GPSno
Album organizationyes
Frameyes
Retracted optics (even in power-on mode)no
Image editing modes
  • Resizing
  • Rotating
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Image
ISO
  • 80
  • 100
  • 200
  • 400
  • 800
  • 1600
  • 3200
  • Auto
ISO minimum97
ISO maximum59
Maximum image resolution4000 x 3000 px
White balance modes
  • Auto
  • Cloudy
  • Custom
  • Daylight
  • Fluorescent
  • Tungsten
Supported image file formatsJPEG
Photo effects
  • Negative film
  • Sepia
  • Vivid
Image stabilizeryes
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size2.7 in
Articulated LCDno
Screen technologyLCD
Screen dots230000
Touch screenno
Viewfinder
Screen
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Videography features
Maximum resolution640 x 480 px
Video recordingyes
Supported video file formatsAVI
Camera playback
  • Movie
  • Single image
  • Slide show
  • Thumbnails
Motion JPEG frame rate30.0 fps
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Design
Body typeCompact
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Pink
  • Red
  • Silver
Environmentally sealedno
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Storage
Internal storage31.0 mB
Compatible memory cards
  • MMC
  • SD
  • SDHC
Maximum memory card size8.0 GB
Storage types
  • MMC
  • SD
  • SDHC
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Connectivity
USB version2.0
DC-in jackyes
PictBridgeyes
NFCno
Bluetoothno
AV outputyes

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