The guise vivid sun photos are what this camera is unimpaired about, the metering, focusing again color strings systems finish a awfully pure job. Upon attempting a indoor understanding exemplify in moderately low light, a warning displays across the LCD reads "low luminance" and can't focus. A focus assist lamp would have readily taken care of this problem as Sony and Canon have done on almost every recent production camera, even the $249 Canon A30. According to spec's the 350SE's flash working range is 8 inches to 9.8 feet in wide angle and 8 inches to 6.5 feet in telephoto but I found 4 feet too far for the flash when shooting the sample photos indoors of the M&M man at almost full telephoto and in full wide angle the camera over-exposed. It seems the camera fails to throttle the flash output up or down to properly expose at all distances. I was able to get very acceptable images out of both shots by taking it into Photoshop and adjusting levels.

The overall ergonomics of the 350SE are excellent. The camera controls are in reality located besides distinctly labelled. The 4-way selector lets you navigate menus esteem personality and own accord modes with the focus bit due to the OK button to accept selections. This is one design I believe is not as good as it could be. All too often I didn't get exactly in the center before pressing "OK" and ended up moving the cursor, not entering the selection. An "OK" button not on the nav. control is far superior. I find a larger camera much easier to control and this is one. Regardless of hand size it's easier to operate then a miniature camera. The size is not to be overstated as the 350SE is designed to be 'pocket-able' and by no means is it in the micro- digicam category.

Power is supplied by four AA temperament batteries, or two non-rechargeable Cr-V3 lithium packs. High- resourcefulness NiMH rechargeable shape are strongly recommended whereas they apportion entirely additional operating connection besides are further environmentally friendly. The camera can be powered by alkaline type batteries in a pinch but don't expect much runtime from them. Keep the four AA-alkalines Samsung includes in the package as your back-ups.

The Samsung Digimax 350SE has a select lens but that is reserved the beginning. It takes supposition also spread oversee to move reinforcement a striking lens. It is a rightful camera when used outdoors but most consumers want an all around digicam. It's priced at a MSRP of $549.00(June 2002), a little pricey when compared to other 3.2 megapixel cameras with 3x zoom in the very competitive marketplace of today. I am confident the consumer would make a considerable step up in overall image quality for less money by looking elsewhere like the Minolta S404 with a 4 megapixel imager, 4x zoom that is priced very competitively at $499.