Our digital camera died a couple weeks ago for reasons that I can’t seem to detect. It all began with the camera steadily eating up batteries at a faster and faster pace. Finally we started testing the batteries only to find out that they were just fine. This is when everything started pointing to something being wrong electronically with our digital camera. Finally, the camera simply refused to turn on at all no matter what I tried. After researching this model on the web it seems that many other owners have experienced the same problem with this model. Unfortunately, the camera is out of warranty and relatively archaic despite being only two years old.
I am relatively leery of spending more than $100.00 on another digital camera considering this one cost far more and only lasted a couple of years. Sam’s is running a special on the Samsung Digimax S600 6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom that features a price tag of just $97.00. While this is not a top of the line digital camera it is certainly more advanced than the one now sitting in my junk drawer. Check out these features:
Product Features
* 6.0-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 14 x 19-inch prints
* 3x optical zoom; captures full-screen, full-motion video with audio and in-camera editing
* 2.4-inch display, silver finish
* Point-and-shoot digital camera; Effects Key allows users to adjust colors and add effects on the fly
* Store images in internal memory or on SD memory cards; powered by 2 AA-size batteries
Technical Details
* Color: Black
* Megapixels: 6 megapixels
* Optical sensor: 1/2.5-inch CCD
* Image sizes: 2816 x 2112, 2592 x 1944, 2272 x 1704, 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480
* Image format: JPEG (DCF), EXIF 2.2, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0
* Video clips: 640 x 480, 320 x 240; 30 frames per second
* Video format: AVI
* Optical zoom: 3x
* Digital zoom: 5x
* Image stabilization: No
* Autofocus: TTL contrast autofocus
* Metering: Multi, spot
* Shutter speed: 1 to 1/1500 seconds
* ISO sensitivity: Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400
* Timer: 2 seconds, 10 seconds, Double self timer (10 seconds and 2 seconds)
* Flash: Auto, Auto and Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash off; 6-second recharge time
* LCD: 2.4 inches
* Internal storage: 20 MB
* Memory card compatibility: Secure Digital, MMC
* Connectivity: USB 2.0
* Power: 2 AA batteries
* Dimensions (W x H x D): 3.9 x 2.5 x 1.1 inches
* Item weight: 4.8 ounces
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Digital cameras have come so far in the last few years. I’ve had my Canon PowerShot S400 for a little over 3 years now and it was a $500 camera back when we got it. I’ll never buy another camera that takes AA batteries though after using this Canon with the Li-ion type. Lasts for 2 or 3 hours on a full charge and we’ve taken over 7000 pics with it. Sad to say though, that $97 cam has better specs now.