Review: Samsung WB2000

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//Review%20images/MacFormat/MAC%20228/MAC228.rev_yeti.samsung1_1-200-200.jpg"> <br /><P>These days, you can spend less than £100 and bag yourself a digital camera that takes good photographs. So is there a point to a compact digital camera that costs three times as much? </P><br /><P>Well, yes. We've become real fans of Samsung cameras, and this model has only bolstered that feeling. </P><br /><P>It looks beautiful, it's slim and well-built, and, most important of all it takes terrific photos. It also shoots beautiful video. </P><br /><P>It's only in the last year that compact cameras' video abilities have been anything more than a product marketing check-box, but how far we have come! The WB2000 shoots full HD (1080p) video, which is stunning. </P><br /><P>Even better, you can shoot a full-res still even in the middle of recording video. There are a few high-speed video options too, which, when played back, show the action in slowmo, but you'd do well not to get too excited about them; even at the fastest, 240FPS option, video size and quality drop dramatically. </P><br /><P>The ability to shoot in raw as well as JPEG is welcome, and makes the WB2000 handy for SLR-toting photographers who might not want to lug their full kit around. However, iPhoto, Aperture and Lightroom currently don't support the WB2000 raw. </P><br /><P>Handling is generally good, and we like Samsung's menu system. But we struggled to remember there was a separate 'shutter' for video, plus the shooting mode button is confusing.</P>

Review: Samsung WB2000

These days, you can spend less than £100 and bag yourself a digital camera that takes good photographs. So is there a point to a compact di...

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