Samsung has combined three of today's most popular electronic gadgets--digital cameras, MP3 players, and Webcams--into one compact device: the Digimax 35 MP3 digital camera. A true point-and-shoot camera, the Digimax uses a fixed-focus lens to provide simple operation, letting you worry about finding the perfect shot instead of finding the right camera settings. The 640 x 480 resolution of the Digimax makes great pictures to post on a Web site or send via e-mail.
The Digimax 35 MP3 really shines when used in conjunction with its included accessories. The software that comes with the camera helps you to create panoramic shots, as well as animations and simulated 3-D images, and a small tripod makes it easy to use the camera as a Webcam.
As mentioned above, two features set the Digimax 35 MP3 apart from other point-and-shoot digital cameras: an integrated MP3 player, and the ability to act as a Webcam. In MP3 mode, the camera plays files stored on CompactFlash cards. The camera's included 8 MB card will hold only about eight minutes of music--a couple of songs--so if you plan to use this feature, you'll want to invest in a larger-capacity memory card. As a Webcam, the camera can shoot footage at 5 frames per second (fps) at a resolution of 320 x 240, or 15 fps at a resolution of 160 x 120. A USB connection ensures speedy music and image transfers.
1 awesome camera
the camera is awesome and it is so worth the money and i hope other people think so too.
2 WORST CAMERA I'VE EVER SEEN
In August 2001, I bought a Samsung Digimax 35 MP3, the first Samsung product I bought, and I feel very disappointed about it. It certainly possesses a number of features making it attractive, such as a fancy design, portability, easiness of operation, easy-to-use software etc. But when it comes to performance, it's very disappointing for the following reasons:
(1) EXTREMELY poor image quality, in what concerns range of colors. The images all look very much alike: brown-gray. No sharp colors, nor any vivid colors. It's hard to accept that a digital camera of these days performs so poorly in this respect. Right from the start, I was willing to accept a limited image size in exchange for the camera's price, but I never, ever could imagine that its color performance could be so bad.
(2) EXTREMELY limited luminosity range. Again, I can't accept that a digital camera could be so limited in this respect. It looks like I'm trying to use a ISO 25 film to take night shots, but I'm using a digital camera to photograph in a room with reasonable lighting, or even at open air at dawn or dusk. How can a digital camera have such a limited lux range?
(3) EXTREMELY poor image sharpness. All it takes is just a little less than full Sun light and we get fuzzy edges and, more frequently than not, blurred images. It's just unbelievable!
(4) The camera shuts itself down after a very short time, so whenever I'm about to take a snapshot, I almost always miss the opportunity. And it takes an incredibly long time to start-up again.
(5) Very high battery consumption, or, if one prefers to put it reversibly, very low energy storage capacity. I just can't fill-up the camera's memory chip before having to change the batteries. Such a strange (=poor) engineering design. For all the reasons above, I'm convinced that the Digimax 35 mp3 is not worth at all the US$ 200.00 I paid for it.
Digimax 35 MP3 is sold as a camera that also records MP3. Since I didn't buy the camera because of MP3, I have never used its MP3 features. So, giving you the benefit of doubt to say its a good MP3 device, this thing should be sold as an MP3 recorder that, by the way, can be used marginally to shoot some low resolution, blue-and-brown photos once in a while.
My wife keeps telling me to sell the camera to get the money back, but I don't feel comfortable charging anything to anyone just ofr getting rid of this such low-performance equipment. And what I do want to do is having a camera worth the price I paid for it.
I tried to send this review/complaint to Samsung many many many times through their "contact us" e-mail address, but all I get are error messages.
3 all in one product!!!
this product is very nice for beginners to digital imaging.It has all capabilities of playing mp3,taking photos and sending videos. Compare to other products I would say that the photos are sharp enough but it is slow to make videos.By 16mb memory card you can take your favorite mp3s to listen.If you want to get sharp images with high quality this product is not for you but considering price it is the one of the best price/quality product.I have used this to send my photos to my family and they liked the images.
4 Injures 3 birds with 1 stone
I recieved one of these things free from iwin.com. Although a cool idea, this thing is poor at everything it does. The pictures are blurry, the performance from the webcam is probably terrible, and the mp3 player is a joke. Here are my complaints:
1. Driver intstallation was a failure on the pc I intended to use this device on. It worked on a second PC no problem, but even downloading the latest drivers from samsung was no help on pc #1.
2. 8MB compact flash is way too little. You'll want to shell out $40-$100 for a much more storage. Unless you want to listen to the same song over and over again, or only have the ability to take a few pictures.
3. Earphone plug is tiny (I think 1/16" plug) so forget about using your own earphones or car adapter. The included earphones are low quality.
4. MP3 controls are terrible on the device. You have to press mode several times to do anything.
5. Flash offers 2 modes "auto" and off. Using auto, the camera decides if it's going to use the flash. If it's not using it, the picture is taken on the first press of the button. If it is, you have to press the button once to charge the flash, and a second time to take the picture. This means when you press the button, you have to be ready for the picture to be taken right then, but the possibility remains that it may have to charge for awhile. Very annoying!!
6. The video capture feature crashed my computer. Generally USB capture devices are low quality anyway, so don't expect anything special from this assuming you can get it to work.
So to sum up, this device attempts to perform 3 cool functions, but comes up short in all categories. Trust me.. I love gadgets, but not this one. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT!! You have been warned.
5 weird headphone connector
what is the point of making an mp3 player with some weird headphone connector that is unlike any connector on any other piece of equipment, and only fits the headphones that camne wiht the machine? manufacturers as stupid as this deserve to be boycotted for all time.
6 Why
I had a major problem with getting the pictures on the computer. It was either hit or miss. I'd check the USB connection over and over again, it kept saying it coulnd't find the camera and stuff. The 8mb fit one song on it, which doesn't help working out or walking so I would have to shell out for a 64 compact flash card, plus the pictures really weren't that clear. The real problem was the slowness of taking the picture to register as being taken, and the batteries were gone each time I used it. Not a good choice.
7 Samsung Digimax 35 MP3 player.
Recently received this camera as a gift. Had to buy 64 megs of ram to store some MP3's. The 8 megs will hold about 1 or 2 songs. Found the camera to use batteries like they were going out of style. The camera processes the images very slowly, about every 10-12 seconds until you can take the next picture. Even longer when using the flash. Wouldn't recommend buying this camera if you want good quality pictures. Only about half of the pictures are somewhat clear. Compared to better camera's, the price is about right for the items that come in the package. The Mp3 player should have a few more options. It plays music just fine. Very small camera. If it took good pictures, it would be a great camera for longer trips because of its portability. The web cam is adjustable to only 30 fps(frames per second). The software must have a few bugs. It doesn't always respond and freezes up once in a while. The additional software for making AVI's, panoramic and 3-D pictures is pretty cool.
8 Pretty Bad
This camara looks cool, but it only took something like 10 pictures and it was full. The pictures would not load because there was something wrong with the software, try a better camara if you can.
9 nice looking but sorry pictures
i bought one of these cameras last month, and sorry i did. first off the software did not load into my computer....needed serial number which i couldnt find anywhere . the camera picture are not clear at all. so if you dont care about in focus picture than this camera for the price is for you.i sent an email to samsung and of course not reply....then tried again....again no reply....so much for service..the only thing good about this camera is it looks pretty......i have been an amateur photographer for over 40 years..so i know a little about camera's anyway good luck if you choose to buy one of these camera's.
10 Simple & Useful
Sharp pictures surprisingly clear & compensates light conditions very good. Who really needs 3.3 MB pictures? This is a good for kids, teens, college sutudents, field techs, surveyers, and other people who reliably wants to take pictures.
Samsung, being the number # 1 memory maker, I just wish they included 32 MB instead of 8 MB. Then again, it's a wishful thinking.
You wouldn't regret it.
11 Samsung all in one camera/MP3/PC camera
This all in one package concept is cool. The accent colors attracted my daughter to the camera. It is really small, so that you can put it in you pocket. Runs off of two AA batteries.
Camera - VGA resolution - just OK for email - if there are MP3 files on the Compact Flash card, the MP3 player will start up when powered on. You have to remember to hit the mode switch to get to taking pictures. Remember to tell your friends how to operate it. MP3 Player - Small compact flash card shipped with the camera. To make it usable for MP3, you will have to go out a get a larger Compact Flash card. Remember that 1MB is about 1 minute of music. You may pay as much for a card as the camera. - The noise between sounds are irritating (too much) - The headphones use a 3/32" plug and is hard to find headphones with this plug (standard is 1/8" plug).
12 Good concept, but...
At first, the price disturbed me a lot, but later on, it irrated me. I saw it in a store and I went to see it. The retailer showed me lots of pictures taken with it, used the web cam, and played the Mp3 thing...
Pros :
-Mp3 player
-Webcam
-Digital pictures
-Save money buy getting all-in-one cameras
-Goog sound
-Easy to use
-Affordable
Cons :
-Plastic body
-It doesn't come with enough memory, you should get 64 megs if it can support it
-Bad quality pictures, this is for those who really don't care about quality. I suggest using it for personnal use and it looks fun!
-The web cam is below average, but who cares about quality when friends or family are involved!
-No good for printing
...then I realized that I didn't have enough cash to buy it. A good 64 megs costs the same price of the camera and I had to buy rechargeable batteries, a carrying case, a hamburger(hungry... very hungry...), USB port, more batteries, and maybe and an extra 32 megs just to start off.
A teenager would greatly appreciate it! A superb gift!
Parents could buy it to take lots of pictures, contact family with the web cam, and distract children with music!
Single people could use it to store memorable pictures, meet people with the web cam, and listen to music!
4 for its usefulness, and the negative for the lack of quality
What I want is a slim metal body camera with a very good web cam, a compatibility with IBM micro drive(1Gig!), and the obvious Mp3 player with bass and a random selection. I really hope that it's possible...
13 This camera is "The" camera you need
Perfect for beginners because very easy to use and also for confirmed photographers because offering a great quality of pictures. I didn't know Samsung cameras before and I regret it. If you are looking for ideas for Christmas gifts... Go for it!
