Original Blog Entry: Cheap Good Used Camera.

MonEl — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:19:57 GMT

Samsung Digimax S73 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

New is good enough, but they now sell a few used ones, if they are not damaged then they should still be good.

It is of course no-state-of-the-art camera, but should be more than good enough, it does have 2 things that might not be so great:

1st: It eats batteries up big time, so you might need either high capacity batteries and or rechargeable batteries.

2nd: Same as most small digital cameras it can't be connected to an external flash, so most of these cameras need good enough light if you want to shoot things that are far away.

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Also, it comes with some zoom, both optical (3X) and digital (5X) = 15 total zoom, so it doesn't have a super zoom, optical zoom is always the best zoom to use and not so much digital for better quality pictures.

The image sensor is good enough, but of course not the very best:

1/2.5 7.4 Megapixel CCD

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It gives a JPEG picture image same as with most digital cameras and that of course sucks!

Image File Formats JPEG (Super Fine, Fine, Normal)

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But it is good enough:

Recorded Resolution 7M: 3072x2304

6M-P: 3072x2048 (3:2)

5M: 2592x1944

5M-W: 3072x1728 (16:9)

3M: 2048x1536

1M: 1024x768

Video Recording AVI Motion JPEG with Audio

640x480 @ 30or 15 fps

320x240 @ 30 or 15 fps

Clip length limited only by available memory

Audio Recording WAV Format

Voice Recording up to 1 hour; Voice Memo with Still Image up to 10 seconds

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Maximum Aperture f/2.8-4.9

This kind of thing sucks on cheap digital cameras.

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Lens Focal Length 5.8 - 17.4mm (35 - 105mm equivalent)

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Focus Control

Focus Type TTL auto focus

Focus Modes Auto Focus, Multi AF, Manual AF, Macro

Focus Range Normal: 31.5 (80cm) - infinity

Macro: 2.0 (5cm) - 31.5 (80cm) wide

Auto Macro: 2.0 (5cm) - infinity wide

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Exposure Control

Sensitivity Auto ISO

Selectable ISO (80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600)

Shutter Type Mechanical and Electronic shutter

Shutter Speed 1 - 1/1500 seconds (up to 8 seconds in Night Mode)

Aperture Range f/2.8-4.9 (max.)

Far from the best specs, but not the worst either, just good enough.

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Flash

Built-in Flash Yes (Auto, Auto Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash off, Red-eye Fix)

Effective Flash Range 1.3 - 9.9' (0.4 - 3.0m)

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Burst Capability 1.0 fps continuous

Self Timer 10 seconds

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Built-in Memory 16MB

Compatible Memory Cards Secure Digital (SD)

Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC)

MultiMedia Card (MMC)

Recording Capacity Includes 16MB Built-in Memory Still Image Capacity

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Battery Type 2x AA-Size Batteries (Alkaline, Lithium, NiMH)

Power Adapter SAC-45 AC Adapter/Charger (included)

Input/Output

Computer Interface USB 2.0

Direct Print Capable Yes (PictBridge)

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But you might need WinXP to use it, but not really just get a card reader.

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System Software Requirements Windows System Pentium II 450MHz Processor (Pentium 700MHz recommended) Windows 98SE, 2000, ME, XP, Vista 64MB RAM (128MB for XP) 200MB of available hard-disk space USB port CD-ROM drive 1024x768 pixels, 16-bit color display (24-bit color recommended) DirectX 9.0 or later

Macintosh System

Power Mac G3 or later Mac OS X (10.0-10.3) 64MB RAM 110MB of available hard-disk space USB port CD-ROM drive MPlayer DivX (For movie clip)

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Small nice camera:

Dimensions (HxWxD) 3.9 x 2.4 x 1.0 (98 x 59 x 24mm)

Weight 4.9 oz. (140g) without batteries

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Should come with:

2x AA-Size Alkaline Batteries SUC-C2 USB Cable Wrist Strap Software CD-ROM (Digimax Master Software, Drivers) User Manual ---------------------------- Very Important this is an old camera so: Internal memory = 16 MB Flash Memory External memory = MMC/SD card up to 2 GB, SDHC up to 4 GB. -------------------- I advice that you find and use a 4 GB SDHC card: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/186-2438226-5013803?url=search-alias%3Dphoto field-keywords=4+GB+SDHC+card ------------------- Buy the camera here or elsewhere: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Digimax-Digital-Camera-Optical/dp/B000VQ5VJI

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Digimax-S73-7-2-MP-Digital-Camera-Uses-2-AA-Batteries-/111871226579?hash=item1a0c0b72d3:g:7f0AAOSwLN5Wks3n

And also get if needed:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-PC-Data-SYNC-Cable-Cord-For-Samsung-Digimax-Camera-S75-S73-S70-S60-V6-V6000-/130663392435?hash=item1e6c2524b3:g:ZH0AAOSwQItT4gLN

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Find camera info here:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/520015-REG/Samsung_CJ292001S_S73_Digital_Camera_Silver.html

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