69.99 Samsung SL30 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Black)
Samsung SL30 10 Mega Pixel at 69.99 delivered from Amazon
Samsung SL30 10 Mega Pixel at 69.99 delivered
What is good about this camera is you can set the program to eliminate “shake” or motion from the picture. If you accidentally moved the camera while taking a photo, it corrects the picture before saving it. This is simply amazing. Using this function resulted in superb pictures every time. When I decided that this function was consuming too much of the battery life, I turned it off, but after a couple of photos it was clear that it improves the photo even when you think you have a pretty steady hand…so I turned it back on.
So the consumer has two choices with this camera, as I see it, if they buy it and decide to keep it. You can make a major investment in Alkaline batteries at Megamart, always carrying a couple of sixteen packs of them with you on vacation, and just try to forget that this thing uses batteries like a toy cassette recorder from 1970. Or you can buy a brace of rechargeables and always have a couple of rechargers plugged in back at the hotel with all slots filled.
Important note: The Duracell Ni-MH battery recharger I bought just for the batteries specified for this camera (which are rated at 1700 mAh, by the way) lists a recovery time of a whopping five hours. Yes, I said “five hours”. With the Samsung sl30, spontanaeity — that selling point so beloved by advertisers, that quality so coveted by consumers of cameras of this class — certainly takes a back seat to old school camera nerd/hobbyist planning ahead and lugging extra supplies around.
