Customer Reviews
Great price for a lot of features 
2008-05-04
The camera is very good designed, with plenty features, and very good picture's quality. I bought one for my daughter, and then additional one for my causine. Could be used for 10-yeras old, as well for adults.
Great entry level camera. 
2008-03-21
Saw this mid-size Samsung S630 for $59 last week, and bought it for my 11 year old daughter without a second thought. It was very light in weight (plastic case)and good built. Photos were nice and above one's expectation for less than 60 bucks. It also has lots of features and a 2.5" LCD screen. I used two Sanyo enelope rechargeable batteries and they are still running after couple hundreds of photos. Video clips were even better in image quality than photos in dim light. This is a great beginner camera in such a low price and good quality. Now my daughter can have her own camera for her school field trips.
Great gift for your kids.
Great first camera for a budding photographer 2008-02-19
I bought this camera as a Christmas present for my 7 year old son, who has shown an interest in photography and had taken some very interesting shots with my digital camera while visiting my parents during the summer. He has shown promise with his artistic eye for detail, content, and placement and I wanted to encourage him without investing too much money in his newfound hobby. He loves this camera! It is lightweight, easy to use, has features that makes it easy for him to be even more creative with the effects, and the pictures are decent. He has taken a few shots that he really liked, so I had them printed as 8"x10" prints and framed for his wall. He's going on his first Caribbean cruise this spring and looking forward to filling his 2G memory card with photos and memories to have printed and make a phtoto coffee table book for me and his grandparents. Though it's not what I'd purchase for my 16 year old son or either of my teenaged stepdaughters, who have a keener eye for picture quality and are a bit more responsible, I think it's a great first camera for a child who is truly interested in photography and has shown that they have a knack for finding beauty through the lens.
Great For the $ 2008-02-09
Now that the price is dropping below $60, this is a good deal for those who want a big screen and a zoom.
You people new to digital cameras: MUST USE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES, and keep 2 extra sets in your camera case. You wanted a 2.5" screen, the 1" wouldn't do, well that big screen takes 6X as much electricity (do the math), and that's got to come from somewhere. Until the LED screens hit the market, or cold fusion is invented, that's the only way. Get the batteries and get the charger and get over it. The alkaline batts they give you with the camera are just so you can turn it on and play with it right away. Put those in your flashlight and get some 3000 mah NiMH's and start taking pictures.
I mostly use 1 megapixel images, but setting the camera for that gave me noisy grainy pix; I'm taking them at 6 and decreasing the size in photoshop. Also, the Macro setting isn't very macro. I have to use a close-up lens.
Let me set the record straight! 2008-01-28
First of all I am not going to cover any of the subjects that have been beat to death on here already. But to anyone thinking of buying this Camera dont walk , RUN to purchase it! This is without a doubt the finest little camera on the market for $89! It will take pictures as good as a $3-400 one [if it is set correctly] And to address the battery issue??? There isnt one........... all the comment about the batterys that came with it only lasting 10 mins that is TRUE .......... however that is the same length of time; they would last, in ANY digital camera. The LCD display takes alot of power to run on ANY camera. The problem is most of the folks on here howling about this camera need to be smarter than the camera and they are NOT. Why so many have said that it doesnt have a battery meter is a mystery to me; as it is shown in the upper right corner and tells you the state of charge at all times. For the camera to take the crispest photos you need to set it to Sharpness=Vivid Plus and Contrast to HIGH. The manual isnt much good to anyone; and you have to wade thru the online one, to find out how it really works: and that is the worst part of the camera the online manual...........
Once this is set up correctly, you couldnt ask for a nicer little camera, for $89 there just isnt one made. 99% of the problem is that people dont understand cameras and they WONT read the manual ......... hence the battery problems, uses to much power, no meter, poor quality pictures, etc.
The camera will take supurb quality photos if you set it up correctly but you do need to know enough about it to make those settings .
Great Option!!!! 2008-01-18
The Samsung S630 is a high-resolution digital camera that is equipped with a true-color filtered 6.0 mega-pixel CCD. You can use Samsung S630 to produce even better images and take detailed photos for printing up to poster size. In addition, the Samsung S630 has a 3x optical and 5x digital zoom giving 15x total zoom when combined.The ASR technology prevents the degradation of image clarity and color common to flash photography. With ASR the effects of camera shake are reduced in lower light conditions. You can even take well-exposed, sharper pictures in low light without using a flash at all. It guarantees brighter and more natural pictures.The user-friendly ergonomic body design delivers comfort and a steady hold for better shots. This means you can expect even better focus no matter where your subject is in the frame.
makes a great gift! 2008-01-14
I purchased the camera as a gift for someone else, but from what I hear, she's very pleased with the camera..
Excellent value and good optics to boot! 2008-01-07
Compare this camera to any others you can find at this price, and this one is clearly the best. The screen is a large (for the price) 2.5", the lens is glass and of decent quality, and the fit/finish is better than the Canon A-Series. There is also quite a few color/focus effects built right in, which can make snapshots fun.
The only real downside I've found is that battery life is lacking, although Ni-MH batteries help quite a bit.
Highly recommended for a backup camera or for novice photographers that could eventually use the manual controls on this camera.
Horrible camera. Avoid this model. 
2007-12-24
Bought one of these and it was defective out of the box. Immediately starts flashing low battery. Got another one and the same thing with it. Samsung has terrible support and would only offer to repair it at my expense. This is embarassing when the camera was given as a gift.
Too bad, the camera has nice features for the price.
Don't Waste Your Money 2007-12-17
We purchased this camera from another dealer besides Amazon, but I'm so frustrated with the lack of customer support at Samsung that I'm leaving a review for others. I bought it as an impulse purchase when another camera broke while on vacation. I wish I would've been able to read other reviews from other websites first. From the first day we bought the camera it has been a battery hog. We replaced the packaged batteries within the hour of opening the box. I assumed they were just low quality batteries since they were with the box. Placed Engergizer Lithium batteries in the camera, they lasted less than 50 shots. Now the camera will not even recognize new batteries. It powers down before you can even take a shot (this with brand new out of the package batteries!) And forget about calling Samsung. First I was disconnected three different times. Then after 20 minutes on the phone it was suggested that I go out and buy rechargeable batteries and call back if those don't work. When I refused to replace the brand new lithium batteries with rechargeable batteries I was told I would have to go online and ask for a request to return the merchandise for repair... what?!? I thought that's why I called the 800 number on the box????????? When I pointed this out the C.S.R. only informed me that this was standard proceedure and the only way the camera could be returned. We will never buy Samsung again.
